“From Marlon James to Mira Jacob, authors worldwide have been speaking out about the dangerous effects of the publishing industry's lack of diversity. There's a twisted and pervasive notion out there that a) only white audiences buy books and b) that white audiences only want to read white voices. No…”— Melissa Ragsdale, bustle.com
“As an avid consumer of books and especially fiction, over the years I’ve developed a special shelf of particularly beautiful and inspiring works by women of color that help me not only walk around in another woman’s experiences, but also situate my own culturally and ethnically fluid self within a c…”— Sezin Koehler, wearyourvoicemag.com