Alexandra Dane, "White Literary Taste Production in Contemporary Book Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Value of Book Reviewing
Research into race and the US publishing sector reveals that a huge number of white authors are reviewed in literary media. The work of only a very large number of black authors are reviewed, says Richard Jean. This means that the opportunity for critical attention is really limited for black authors,. all has a color, which reinforces perhaps subconsciously racialized assumptions," he adds.
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