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The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing, Pt. 2
The Unbearable Whiteness of Book Publishing On the surface, book publishing seems a world apart from the realm of newspapers and magazines — and certainly it has different rhythms, scales, and ownership. Book publishing also appears to be more integrated, at least judging by the slew of nonwhite writers who’ve made the bestseller list over […]
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing, Pt. 1
The Unbearable Whiteness of Journalism Ever been to a fire in New York City? Or walked by a firefighters’ demonstration. Anybody who’s ever seen a mass of New York’s bravest can’t help but be struck by a blazing demographic trait shared by the hook-and-ladder crowd: they are overwhelmingly white. How white? According to Charles Mann Associates, […]
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7 Days: Sonny Mehta and the Knopf Conundrum
The Knopf Conundrum: Who Is Sonny Mehta and Why Are They Saying These Terrible Things About Him? September 20, 1989 In the beginning of August, just as the book-publishing business was getting ready to head for the beach, rumors that had until then been festering in the halls of Alfred A. Knopf finally hit the […]