Healing Reads: A Reading List
Welcome to Liza's Healing Reads List; a reading list that goes beyond anti-racism books. This list is all about healing and uplifting...
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Jul 27, 20201 min read
Root Literary is hiring!
What: Literary Agent Assistant Who: Root Literary Where: All Root Literary employees are currently and for the foreseeable future working...
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Publishers Accepting Unagented Submissions
Here are a few publishers/editors accepting unagented submissions from Black authors for the next few months: Author Grace Li has put...
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Support Black-Owned Bookstores!!!
Our friends at Duende District Bookstore (@duendedistrict) put together this list of Black-owned bookstores. It's always been important...
May 15, 20202 min read
Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Rosario Martinez
We are excited to catch up with our 2019 Young Adult Fiction Mentee Rosario Martinez, who worked with Editor Nikki Garcia over the past...
May 14, 20205 min read
Behind-the-scenes with 2019 Adult Fiction Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé
Samuel Kóláwolé was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria and his work has appeared in AGNI, Gulf Coast, Washington Square...
May 13, 20201 min read
Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé
Last year, our 2019 Adult Fiction Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé embarked on a journey with Editor Amber Oliver. He's learned how one story can...
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Dionna Mann
As we get ready for another year of amazing mentorship in The Editor-Writer Mentorship, we are excited to hear from our 2019 Middle Grade...
Feb 24, 20204 min read
First Look With Laura Gonzalez
Meet Laura M. Gonzalez. She has lived most of her life in Edinburg, TX, a (great) city in the lower Rio Grande Valley, and has been a...
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Publisher's Weekly spotlights our Editor-Writer Mentorship
We're celebrating a second year of our Editor-Writer Mentorship, and opening the publishing pipeline to new stories. Read all about it at...
Apr 12, 20191 min read
The Word on KGNU: Three-minute quickie on escaping publishing black holes
If you've got three minutes, you can get the quick but deep dive into The Word's take on how to unclog those publishing pipelines to let...
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Catching up with 2018 Editor-Writer Mentee Maria Ramos Chertok
Writer Maria Ramos Chertok found a fairy godmother in Editor-Mentor Nan Gatewood Satter, as the recipient of the Adult Fiction Mentorship...
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Catching up with 2018 Editor-Writer Mentee Maleeha Siddiqui
From panster to a plotter, writer Maleeha Siddiqui shares some of the knowledge dropped by Editor-Mentor Taylor Norman, during her 2018...
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Catching up with 2018 Editor-Writer Mentee Nadine Johnson
Last spring, writer Nadine Johnson opened her work and her soul to Editor-Mentor Andrea Davis Pinkney, as the recipient of the Middle...
Jan 31, 20191 min read
Women of Color in Publishing - Board Member Bunmi Ishola shares with Bustle
What is happening in the publishing world that keeps the industry from changing? This article is a must read to get a better sense: How...
Jan 18, 20192 min read
Spotlight on Board Member Bunmi Ishola
Another board introduction is here! Meet the effervescent Bunmi, Board Member and Editor-Writer Mentorship Chair! You know you want to...
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Spotlight on Board Member Olivia Abtahi
We're starting off 2019 by introducing you to another team member: Olivia Abtahi. Olivia is not only a board star, but is our new Grants...
Dec 28, 20181 min read
New Chronicle Books opening!
Marketing and publicity assistant needed! Could it be you? Details: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/jobs
Dec 28, 20181 min read
Free coaching opportunity!
Dream those big publishing dreams! Want some one-on-one mentorship that will help you make your way in the industry? Check out this...
Oct 22, 20181 min read
Spotlight on our Communications Fellow: Aida Dabit
Aida Dabit is helping all of us see the forest and the trees, one tweet at time, in her days as The Word's Communications Fellow. So what...
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