Dear White Readers, Gatekeepers, and Members of the Media
“These acts of solidarity are worthless if you are not consistently supporting and standing up for us every single day.”
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Dear White Publishers
“I would like to be among the crop of Black writers who emerged from the ashes of a torched racist system.”
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of twelve noteworthy books, including Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.
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To My Precious Black Son
“The list of what you can’t do is endless because I know how quickly #blackboyjoy can become #sayhisname.”
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Hashtag Highlights Anti-Black Bias
The #PublishingPaidMe hashtag highlights anti-Black bias within the publishing industry and opens up the conversation about how editors determine book advances.
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Small Press Points: Vegetarian Alcoholic Press
The Milwaukee press releases twelve books of poetry, fiction, drama, art, and comics a year and focuses on publishing writers without MFAs or literary connections.
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Dearest Tayari
“Where do Black folks put all this pain? Where do we put all our anger?”
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Q&A: Cook’s Activism at Philly Bookshop
The owner of the recently opened Harriett’s Bookshop, which specializes in the work of Black and women authors, talks about the arts as a tool for social change and her vision for the store.
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Dear Black Queer Boy
“You place yourself in the story, and one by one you begin to fill in the holes the world has left behind.”
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
Four new anthologies, including We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics and Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction.
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