"You Will Be Tokenized": Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing
For many in the book world, the release of publisher Lee & Low’s first ever diversity in publishing survey in January 2016 offered no surprises. Publishing is overwhelmingly white (79 percent),...
View Article"We've Been Out Here Working": Diversity in Publishing, a Partial Reading List
illustrations by Sarah Lutkenhaus “We’ve been out here working,” writer Syreeta McFadden tells Brooklyn Magazine, and she’s right. Who gets to tell a story (as well as how and to whom) has been...
View ArticleWhat Comes Next?: 23 Steps Toward Ending Publishing's Diversity Problem
I asked every person I spoke to for “‘You Will Be Tokenized’: Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing” what could be done about publishing’s monoculture. I got a range of answers, as I...
View Article“You Will Be Tokenized”: Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing
For many in the book world, the release of publisher Lee & Low’s first ever diversity in publishing survey in January 2016 offered no surprises. Publishing is overwhelmingly white (79 percent),...
View Article“We’ve Been Out Here Working”: Diversity in Publishing, a Partial Reading List
illustrations by Sarah Lutkenhaus “We’ve been out here working,” writer Syreeta McFadden tells Brooklyn Magazine, and she’s right. Who gets to tell a story (as well as how and to whom) has been...
View ArticleWhat Comes Next?: 23 Steps Toward Ending Publishing’s Diversity Problem
I asked every person I spoke to for “‘You Will Be Tokenized’: Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing” what could be done about publishing’s monoculture. I got a range of answers, as I...
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