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In a moment of pique and frustration Virginia wrote an open letter to Oprah, and shared it with a few writer friends who are going through the same thing we are. Now the letter has started to go viral--getting a lot of repostings and inclusions in blogs, newsletters and on Facebook, so in case you hadn't seen it, we wanted to share our plight, the plight of many black authors with you, readers who have supported us all these years. http://twomindsfull.blogspot.com.In reality Oprah is just a metaphor--a name that might get this subject the attention it deserves. Because when you have a publication like Library Journal listing their 31 Best Books of 2009 http://ow.ly/HDU7 and the "genre" fiction list includes Street Lit --8 books but no category for contemporary African American writers, we are really in trouble. We are trying to encourage diversity in reading--we believe books should be windows, not just mirrors...
Thanks for joining us on Shelfari! In case you're interested, there is DeBerry & Grant group here and in addition to keeping up with us on Shelfari and on our website, we blog regularly (Chapter 1 and an audio excerpt of What Doesn't Kill You are on the blog now) and are also on Myspace, Facebook and Twitter--all of which is very nearly another full time job! We even have YouTube videos and will be making another one next week in the new Simon & Schuster studio! Please visit our Tours page on the website and come out and see us if we're coming to your city with the new book.Again, thanks for supporting our work & have great 2009!http://deberryandgrant.comhttp://twomindsfull.blogspot.commyspace.com/twomindsfullfacebook.comtwitter.com/deberryandgranthttp://youtube.com/watch?v=W7zB01MdqEEhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=BCsO-OpsMAo
