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The Changing Tide in Racial Diversity in Book Publishing
05:14 - 17:45 (12:31)
Tracy Sherrod highlights the historically limited diversity within the book publishing industry, and the current efforts towards changes in the industry's racial demographics, as she discusses how both Langston Hughes and Nella Larson got book deals in the early 1900s with the help of Blance Conopf, an editor at Alfred A. Knopf. This comes with news that the number of non-white employees in book publishing saw a surge in 2020.
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The book publishing industry is under scrutiny for undervaluing and ignoring black editors, and for a long time, almost all the people who had the power to approve books were white.
05:14 - 08:38 (03:23)
Summary
The book publishing industry is under scrutiny for undervaluing and ignoring black editors, and for a long time, almost all the people who had the power to approve books were white. However, there has been a surge in non-white employees being hired since the protests following George Floyd's murder.
ChapterThe Changing Tide in Racial Diversity in Book Publishing
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business’
PodcastThe Daily
The New Yorker interviewed over 50 current and former black book professionals about the publishing industry's attempts to overcome its clubby, white elitism and cultivate black audiences, as well as its efforts to recruit and support non-white employees.
08:39 - 13:32 (04:53)
Summary
The New Yorker interviewed over 50 current and former black book professionals about the publishing industry's attempts to overcome its clubby, white elitism and cultivate black audiences, as well as its efforts to recruit and support non-white employees.
ChapterThe Changing Tide in Racial Diversity in Book Publishing
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business’
PodcastThe Daily
Tracy Sherrod sheds light on the contribution of black editors in the literary publishing industry, highlighting the discrimination faced by black writers in the past and the current efforts of publishers to recruit more diversity in their staff.
13:34 - 17:45 (04:11)
Summary
Tracy Sherrod sheds light on the contribution of black editors in the literary publishing industry, highlighting the discrimination faced by black writers in the past and the current efforts of publishers to recruit more diversity in their staff.