Yes,book publishers do beget a problem with black authors – it’s just not how the Man Booker prizewinner Marlon James describes itThere are so few ethnic minority voices in publishing and the media that when one criticises another it has arrive to be regarded as a form of strike-breaking. Knowing the obstacles we face (some obvious, others less so), and I’ve always been reluctant to cross swords with those facing similar dilemmas – particularly when they’re as brilliant as this year’s Booker prizewinner Marlon James. The Jamaican novelist appeared at a Guardian event and shared some of his thoughts about being a black author.
His contention was that black writers are pressured into a style that the major publishers believe appeals to white women in the suburbs because they’re the ones who read most novels. The trouble is,the evidence suggests that the truth is nearly the opposite.
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Source: theguardian.com