19 March 2018
In 2012, the New York Times Review of Books published reviews of 405 books-and 316 were written by men.
Similarly distressing, Publisher's Weekly found that 82% of employees in editorial departments of major publishers were white. Not surprisingly, writers who identify as anything other than a white man have been clamoring for change for a long time.
Over the last decade, however, something interesting has happened. A much more diverse cast of authors has emerged into our cultural spotlight
