Latinx activist from #DignidadLiteraria and Presente.org met with Macmillan leadership on Monday afternoon to discuss the controversy about representation in publishing sparked by Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt. A panel of authors including David Bowles, Myriam Gurba, and Roberto Lovato spoke with Flatiron Books president Bob Miller, Macmillan president Don Weisberg, as well as representatives from other Macmillan imprints. Two representatives for Oprah and O Magazine listened remotely. In a press conference afterward in Zuccotti Park, Matt Nelson, executive director of Presente.org said they got “substantial commitments across the company for them to do better.” Gurba said, “Our goal here is […]
