New from me: A burst pipe flooded the basement of Third World Press, the oldest independent Black publishing company, destroying thousands of books.
The tragedy has shed light on how precarious the situation is for many Black publishers across the U.S.
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I was honored to speak with Dr. Haki Madhubuti and Paul Coates for this story.
Coates, who doesn’t do many interviews anymore, thought this story was important. He founded Baltimore’s Black Classic Press in 1978. You may know his son, Ta-Nehisi
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