To read August 10, 2016

Black science fiction writers face 'universal' racism, study finds

Diversity In Book Publishing Isn't Just About Writers — Marketing Matters, Too

Is It Story That Makes Us Read?

Malafemmena (review)

Podcast: Stacy Mitchell on How Big-Box Retailers Undercut the American Middle Class

Black-owned banks get rush of new depositors

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. Du Bois to Kendrick Lamar

How to Survive as an American Writer in Bulgaria

On order for me: Volume 1 of Black Panther out in September, and The Cruel Way originally published in 1947.

From the galley shelves: Girl Trouble by Kerry Cohen out in October and What is Love by Carrie Jenkins out in January 2017

Currently chomping at the bit for The Obelisk Gate which I won't be able to read for many days because of book group the night the book is released and also writing group the night after (because after lo these many years, I am finally going to go to writing group) and then I will probably get up very early on Thursday and just drown in the book and that is fine by me.

A poem:

"On my persistent need to address others by full first name" by Meg Matich