Liveright has removed Kerri K. Greenidge‘s 2022 book The Grimkes from its website following a Tufts University review that turned up multiple factual errors and issues with citation. Greenidge, who was a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts, has left the university. The book had received the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association, among other honors. Tufts launched a peer review by external scholars after receiving complaints about errors in the book. The NYT writes, “Several other scholars, who described themselves as skeptical of some of Greenidge’s assertions […]
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Katharine Trowbridge, 68, US publicity director for Titan Publishing Group, died on June 28. She worked at Titan for almost two decades. Titan Entertainment Group co-owners Nick Landau and Vivian Cheung said in a statement in the Bookseller, “We are devastated by the loss of Katharine. She had the warmest of personalities and cared deeply for all her authors as well as her colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic. She glowed whenever she discussed any aspect of publishing and had a phenomenal knowledge of all facets of publishing. Her contribution to Titan enabled us to grow far faster in […]