Karen Douglass, Author

Karen Douglass, Author: Prose & Poetry

Tag: equality in publishing

  • Persistence & Politics

    Regular readers here will recall that from time to time I urge them to READ FOR EQUALITY. In our fractured, limping-along democracy this continues to be a responsibility, although some days I wonder why I bother. Then I read something like Tracy K. Smith’s new book, Wade in the Water, and I’m reawakened to the…

  • Please, Read for Equality

    I’ve said it before but now more than ever, this is important. We all need to read books written by people who don’t look like us. Here are three that I’m reading this week and each one is valuable, readable and satisfying. Alexie, Sherman. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, a Memoir.  Alexie,…

  • Read for Equality, Please

    Regular readers here will have seen my postings of READ FOR EQUALITY, a habit that has grown out of my concern for the racial inequity in publishing. In honor of these concerns I am happy to turn over the blog today to Linda Thornton, who shares her unique history. Linda tells her story clearly and succinctly. I…