Junot Diaz was accused of inappropriate behavior by author Zinzi Clemmons on Friday, writing on Twitter: “As a grad student, I invited Junot Diaz to speak to a workshop on issues of representation in literature. I was an unknown wide-eyed 26 yo, and he used it as an opportunity to corner and forcibly kiss me….
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Harper’s Magazine Fires Editor James Marcus
Subsequent to our brief note from Monday that Harper’s Magazine editor James Marcus has left the publication, Marcus tells PL that he was fired on Friday afternoon, for “opposing the publication of Katie Roiphe’s cover story in the March issue.” The article, “The Other Whisper Network: How Twitter feminism is bad for women,” drew criticism online…
Skyhorse Employee Unionization Vote Falls Short
A bid to unionize Skyhorse employees has fallen short, with 18 votes in favor of joining United Auto Workers Local 2110, and 28 against. The months-long union drive sought to increase employee compensation, restore personal time off and sick days that had been reduced, provide greater job security (noting in 2017 the company “laid off 12…
Skyhorse Employees to Vote on Unionizing This Week
The recent wave of unionization by media companies is now encompassing book publishing. Approximately 60 Skyhorse Publishing employees will vote November 30 on whether to join United Auto Workers Local 2110, the NY Daily News reported. Local 2110 is the same union that The New Press joined in 2001 — the last book publisher to…
Chris Jackson: “‘Diversity In Publishing’ Doesn’t Exist–But Here’s How It Can”
Publisher of One World Chris Jackson gave a speech to the Association of American University Presses in 2016 that was adapted into an essay which is included in former Bloomsbury Press publisher Peter Ginna’s just-released anthology, What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. LitHub posted the thoughtful essay, via the University of…
Simon & Schuster Cancels Milo’s DANGEROUS
Just one week after the publication date for Milo Yiannopoulos’s DANGEROUS was pushed back from March 14 to June 13 at the author’s request (while he appeared to admit he had yet to “submit the manuscript”), Simon & Schuster cancelled publication of the book. The company’s statement, issued Monday afternoon, reads in full: “After careful consideration, Simon…