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Your Call

Your Call: Want to make your summer reading more diverse?

On the June 8th edition of Your Call, we’ll talk about the growing movement to increase diversity in publishing and get your recommendations for great summer reading that reflects a broad range of identities and experiences. How divers is your summer reading? Join the conversion on the next Your Call, with Hana Baba, and you.

Guests:

John McMurtrie, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle

Kevin Hunsanger, co-owner of green apple books and music in San Francisco

Jennifer Baker, writer, social media manager of We Need Diverse Books initiative, and creator of biweekly podcast, Minorities in Publishing

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton (May 2015 release, HarperTeen)

Only the Strong by Jabari Asim (May 2015 release, Agate Publishing)
Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett (February 2015 release, Grove/Atlantic) 
Blue Talk & Love: Stories by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan (February 2015 release, Riverdale Avenue Books)
Loving Day by Mat Johnson (May 2015 release, Spiegel & Grau)
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
The Trip by Deborah Davis (July 2015 release)
Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis (July 2015 release)
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel DaoudThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk
Dragonfish by Vu Tran (August 2015 release)
Hold Still by Sally Mann
Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean
Raj Quartet by Paul Scott
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
So You've Been Publically Shamed by Jon Ronson
The Hornet's Sting by Mark Ryan
 
Alternative Online Book Sellers:
Greenapplebooks.com
kobo.com
Indiebound.com

Web Resources:

We Need Diverse Books

SF Gate: Summer reading: everything under the sun

Jennifer Baker

Green Apple Books

NPR: The Worst Kind Of Groundhog Day: Let's Talk (Again) About Diversity In Publishing

 

Gawker: NYT Summer Reading List Finally Achieves 100 Percent Whiteness