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PEN America Seeking Consultant

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, is looking for a consultant to research and write a report documenting how questions of race inflect the trade publishing process through the firsthand experiences of authors, editors, literary agents, publicists, and others within the book industry. The report will use storytelling and analysis to elaborate on the forces behind statistics that continue to demonstrate systemic underrepresentation of Blacks, Latinx, and members of other racial groups in the ranks of publishing personnel and published authors. This project aims to offer a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the hurdles to full participation of writers and publishers of color at every level of the publishing industry while identifying affirmative, concrete avenues toward change.

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