White - A Novel
Deni Ellis Béchard
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Summary
Author has been widely published, including in the LA Times, Salon, Reuters, the Paris Review, the Guardian, Pacific Standard, the Huffington Post, and Foreign Policy A Commonwealth Prize Winner, the author has been lauded by major literary figures—called “the rare writer who knows the secret to telling the true story” by Marlon James and “reminiscent of Proulx and Doctorow” by Dagoberto Gilb We expect strong blurbs, reviews, and ordering from the fiction and journalist communities as a result of the author’s network of supporters Book’s focus on white supremacy, humanitarianism, and white privilege provides opportunities for wider coverage, crossover into larger markets, and inclusion in national conversations surrounding race and privilege