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Podcast: The Children's Book Podcast
Episode: REMOVED: Junot Diaz
Description: Hey there, podcast listeners. Today, May 5th, some news was brought to my attention that relates to a recent episode of The Children's Book Podcast. Author Junot Diaz faces sexual conduct allegations and an overwhelming number of women shared their own testimonies through the #metoo hashtag over the past 24 hours. Junot Diaz was featured on a recent episode of the podcast along with illustrator Leo Espinosa for ISLANDBORN, a picture book the did together. I have since removed that episode from the archive and updated the blog post promoting the episode to include this message. I, Matthew Winner, and The...