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From: jeanne_at_theroadrunnerpress.com
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:07:13 -0600 (CST)
Debbie's comment on Native people in the U.S. being invisible hits right at why our press is committed to publishing books, like Tim's How I Became A Ghost at The RoadRunner Press.
A summer or two ago I was listening to NPR and one of their main anchors was interviewing a number of American Indian chairmen/chiefs/presidents in D.C. for a big meeting. Both of the chairmen on the program insisted Native people in the U.S. were the most discriminated of minorities.
I remember the interviewer sounded shocked and said something akin to, When is the last time you heard about a hate crime against an American Indian.
But the chairmen persisted, We are the most discriminated because we are simply ignored.
The dearth of stories / books being published by Native writers or about Native topics supports the chairmen's statement. If one is ignored, if one's stories are ignored, then is it any wonder outsiders think/treat one as extinct.
We are a small press. We have many years and titles to go before we can make the difference that Cinco Puntos has, but we hope our joining the journey will help more modern and historic stories be told and read and celebrated.
At the upcoming ATALM, we are doing a panel that will discuss what stories do Native people need and want that they aren't seeing. We hope to hear from publishers, authors, activists, elders, librarians and readers as to what stories and books they crave to see.
Tim's novel on the Choctaw trail of tears is, we hope, just such a book. He took all he has learned from speaking and talking with children on his many author / storyteller visits through the years and he mixed it with his passion for his own family and tribe's story.
A librarian from the New York Public Library made a point of stopping by our booth at ALA MidWinter at the end of January to say that the librarians at her library liked the book because it felt "fresh." It brings an historic travesty alive .. but in the way only fiction can.
Jeanne Editor The RoadRunner Press
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:07:13 -0600 (CST)
Debbie's comment on Native people in the U.S. being invisible hits right at why our press is committed to publishing books, like Tim's How I Became A Ghost at The RoadRunner Press.
A summer or two ago I was listening to NPR and one of their main anchors was interviewing a number of American Indian chairmen/chiefs/presidents in D.C. for a big meeting. Both of the chairmen on the program insisted Native people in the U.S. were the most discriminated of minorities.
I remember the interviewer sounded shocked and said something akin to, When is the last time you heard about a hate crime against an American Indian.
But the chairmen persisted, We are the most discriminated because we are simply ignored.
The dearth of stories / books being published by Native writers or about Native topics supports the chairmen's statement. If one is ignored, if one's stories are ignored, then is it any wonder outsiders think/treat one as extinct.
We are a small press. We have many years and titles to go before we can make the difference that Cinco Puntos has, but we hope our joining the journey will help more modern and historic stories be told and read and celebrated.
At the upcoming ATALM, we are doing a panel that will discuss what stories do Native people need and want that they aren't seeing. We hope to hear from publishers, authors, activists, elders, librarians and readers as to what stories and books they crave to see.
Tim's novel on the Choctaw trail of tears is, we hope, just such a book. He took all he has learned from speaking and talking with children on his many author / storyteller visits through the years and he mixed it with his passion for his own family and tribe's story.
A librarian from the New York Public Library made a point of stopping by our booth at ALA MidWinter at the end of January to say that the librarians at her library liked the book because it felt "fresh." It brings an historic travesty alive .. but in the way only fiction can.
Jeanne Editor The RoadRunner Press
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