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Valerie Boyd

Valerie Boyd, biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, has died at 58

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Author, Knarrative founder Karen Hunter unpacks the world of Black publishing

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Book publishing insiders reveal systemic racism in industry: ‘I was tossed out like the trash’

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Leslie Jones blasts publisher for deal with author behind racist trolls

Leslie Jones is coming after Simon & Schuster for signing a book deal with Milo Yiannopoulos.
/ January 5, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ballet dancer Misty Copeland has 2-book deal

NEW YORK (AP) – Copeland, 30, is working on a memoir for Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone imprint and picture book for G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, part of Penguin Group (USA)…
/ January 30, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Where is the love for authors of color among big publishers?

POSTSCRIPT’D – All over the Internet and the blogosphere, writers of color lament the difficulty in getting a deal from mainstream publishing’s Big Six: Hachette Book Group, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Penguin Group, Random House and Simon & Schuster…
/ January 7, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Octavia Spencer writing books for middle schoolers

NEW YORK (AP) – Oscar winner Octavia Spencer is looking to make some magic in the book world…
/ October 12, 2012