2021-03-08 Publishers Weekly

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The Week Ahead
Senior writer Andrew Albanese
digs into the decision to discon-
tinue publication of six Dr. Seuss
titles over content deemed to be
racist and insensitive.
publishersweekly.com/seuss

More to Come
Senior news editor Calvin Reid inter-
views historian Brian K. Mitchell
and artist Barrington S. Edwards
about the publication of Monumental,
a graphic nonfi ction account of the
remarkable life of Oscar J. Dunn, a
formerly enslaved New Orleanian
who became the fi rst African
American lieutenant governor

Sourcebooks has launched a new imprint

that company founder Dominique Raccah

said will “expand what publishing can be

for women authors.” E.L. James’s backlist

titles will become part of the imprint on

April 1. Pam Jaffee has joined Source-

books to help direct the imprint.

Literary publishing veteran Yuka

Igarashi has been tapped to be

executive editor at Graywolf Press,

lured away from Soft

Skull Press. Igarashi

will assume her new

position on April 8,

working remotely

from Hawaii.

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Columbia University Press,

in collaboration with Howard

University and Columbia

University, is

launching a new

Black studies book

series, with plans to

also recruit and

train students for

the book industry.

Online & On-Air and acting governor in U.S. history.

publishersweekly.com/dunn

Children’s Bookshelf

Outraged by the exponential increase

in hate crimes targeting Asian

Americans since the onset of the

Covid-19 pandemic, a group of Asian

American children’s authors, led by

Stacey Lee and Kat Cho, has sought

to make change through an online

auction.

publishersweekly.com/lee-cho

The Week in Publishing

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Feature: 9/11 Anniversary: Adult Books Deadline: Mar. 1 5 Issue: Apr. 26

This feature will look at forthcoming nonfi ction and fi ction that addresses civilian and military

issues related to 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, and other relevant topics. Pub dates: May–October.

New titles only, please; no reprints. Send pitches and links to artwork to features@publishers-

weekly.com by March 15 and put “Call for info: 9/11 Adult” in the subject line.

Call for

Information

Stacey Lee (l.) and Kat Cho