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Writers of Color

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Purging the Unhealthy Value System of the American Literary World

by Aaron Gilbreath December 16, 2019October 19, 2022

It’s time writers free themselves from concepts like “break out books” and “making it.”

Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

If I Made $4 a Word, This Article Would Be Worth $10,000

by Soraya Roberts June 26, 2019October 19, 2022

Journalism’s one percent would rather make up a fake feud than address the reality of the industry’s pay disparity, which benefits them and no one else.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Storyteller, Unbecoming

by benhuberman March 8, 2018October 19, 2022

On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing

A Storyteller, Unbecoming

by Namrata Poddar March 8, 2018October 19, 2022

On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Editor Was Black

by Sari Botton December 14, 2017October 19, 2022

Debut author Naima Coster writes about her experience working with African American editor Morgan Parker on her first novel, Halsey Street, and also touches on the whiteness of publishing, and literary self-determination.

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