Tag Archives: Representation

Recently a Twitter war erupted over the following rejection letter, which was sent to an author named Tallie Rose from a small publisher. The letter is remarkable for two reasons. First, based on a cold reading of a manuscript, the editor assumed that the author had no personal experience with the topics she was writingContinue reading “Who Are You?”

Other than the ubiquitous canon of Jennifer Weiner, most fiction features so-called normal size protagonists. Book publishing is not much better than showbiz when it comes to representation. In a nation that is only sixty percent white, with an average women’s dress size of 12, books still often reflect the Madison Avenue ideal of beauty.Continue reading “Ms. Representation”