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Minorities in Publishing

The brain child of publishing professional Jenn Baker, Minorities in Publishing (MiP) is a podcast discussing diversity (or lack thereof) in the book publishing industry with other professionals working in-house as well as authors and those in the literary scene.

Dec 18, 2014

In the last episode for 2014 Bev and Jenn discuss recurring themes and comments that came up with guests over the past seven episodes, "slush pile" topics (items that were not broached with guests), fave books by POC authors read in 2014, and do another mini bookclub, this time for Porochista Khakpour's novel The Last...


Dec 4, 2014

Bev and Jenn talk with Indian American Preeti Chhibber who works in marketing for schools & libraries at one of the Big 5 publishers, is a fellow podcaster for Bookrageous, and contributer to BookRiot and Panels.net. They talk about the benefits of the ongoing conversation about the need for diversity in the industry as...


Nov 20, 2014

Bev and Jenn talk with Indian American Anjali Singh who is currently editorial director at independent press Other Press--and has had an established career in large, mid-tier, and smaller publishers--about the pressures on editorial, how the lack of diversity extends through publishing and that this pressure can affect...


Nov 6, 2014

Bev and Jenn talk with Indian American Sona Charaipotra and African American Dhonielle Clayton, founders of Cake Literary and authors of the upcoming Tiny Pretty Things series from HarperTeen (2015), about their decision to create a book packaging company focusing on diverse voices and high concept stories,...


Oct 23, 2014

Jenn & Bev talk with La Casa Azul Bookstore owner & manager Aurora Anaya Cerda about the background for La Casa Azul and why it continues to thrive in terms of educating those within (and outside of) the East Harlem community on Latino culture in addition to promoting artists of color. Also discussed is the importance...