initiative. We donate books, do online workshops, and arrange author visits to kids everywhere, with a focus on children in under-resourced districts., and had to choose an imprint . I had no real intention of publishing other books under the imprint—until I saw the need for representation of Black and brown characters, especially in books that talk aboutThis ad is displayed using third party content and we do not control its accessibility features.
If it wasn't for our community having faith in the business and actually putting their money, time, and resources where their values are, these amazing stories would never be heard or seen—so that's what inspires me.Are We Free Yet: The Black Queer Guide to Divorcing America But the big goal is for someone like a Black transgender queer woman walking into any publishing house in New York City and saying,"Hey, look what Row House is doing! They're offering this 4040 deal, and I don't want you to just match that, I want you to do better becauseI would love to disrupt the industry in that way so the big houses are forced to be more equitable in the way they pay their authors.