Essay About Junot Díaz Did, in Fact, Include Dissenting Voices

To the Editor:

Contrary to the claim that I “present no evidence” that I “spoke with anyone whose experience of Junot Díaz’s behavior conflicts with” mine (“Account of Junot Díaz Investigation Was One-Sided,” Letters to the Editor, May 1), my essay features statements made by Shreerekha Subramanian, whose Rumpus essay about her long-term relationship with Díaz is titled “In the Wake of His Damage.” Her experience of Díaz’s behavior conflicts with mine. Unlike the four signers of this letter — whose public accounts I acknowledge, quote from, and discuss at length — Subramanian responded to my messages during the fact-checking process at both The New York Times and The New Republic by engaging in a substantive dialogue with me about this case.

Deborah Chasman
Co-Editor, Boston Review
Cambridge, Mass.