Inclusivity and Indie Authors: The Case for Community-Based Publishing -- talk by Zetta Elliott

A public talk by African-Canadian author Zetta Elliott about race, gender, and the current state of publishing.

Zetta Elliott discusses how racism and sexism affect the publishing industry. Elliott advocates for a model of community-based publishing that uses print-on-demand technology to transfer power from the industry’s (mostly white) gatekeepers to those excluded from the publishing process. This event particularly addresses students who are interested in pursuing careers in publishing and who will benefit from an insider's perspective on how race and gender function within this industry.

Zetta Elliott (http://www.zettaelliott.com) is the author of twenty books for adults, teens, and children.  She is also an award-winning independent scholar with a PhD in American Studies from NYU.

Sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies, the Program in American Studies, the Association of Black Harvard Women, the Office of Career Services, the Department of English, the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Harvard College Women’s Center.