Today it was discovered that publisher Simon & Schuster inked a $250,000 book deal with pinkwashed white supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos.
The response from the literary world has been swift. In particular, the Chicago Review of Books has stated that they will not review any Simon & Schuster titles in 2017.
This is a good start, but not enough. I would urge you to consider emailing Milo’s new imprint’s publicity department at GalleryPublicity@SimonandSchuster.com, and also the publishers who oversee the Gallery imprint at Louise.Burke@simonandschuster.com and Irene.Lipsky@simonandschuster.com.
If you do, as always, please keep the discussion civil and respectful. At the very least, urge them to reconsider whether it is worthwhile to give validation by way of a book deal to the so-called alt-right.