So basically, Alexandra Duncan gets to be pilloried as a clueless, racist white woman for the rest of her life while the person who brought this heinous racism to the forefront gets to remain private?įear not, dear readers. Due to the personal nature of the comments to this story, the comments have been disabled.” We regret any harm caused by its initial inclusion. “We have removed a Twitter screenshot and a reference to an author from this article out of respect for that person’s privacy. Here is the result of the struggle session Alexandra Duncan was forced to endure:Īs for the article, there’s the usual stuff, including the author, Alexandra Duncan, insisting that this was her decision and hers alone, but the very end of this article caught my eye: It linked to the following story on Publishers Weekly, entitled “ Upcoming YA Novel ‘Ember Days’ Canceled by Author’“. I discovered this story while browsing the YAlit subreddit on Reddit.
One is called Mem, which is for adults, and the other, A Song Below Water is her YA debut, and was recently released. So, if you’re wondering who Bethany C Morrow is, she’s an author with two books to her name (and a contribution to a vomit-worthy fiction anthology called Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance). In other words, a white woman wrote about a culture that isn’t hers.Īpparently, white people are not allowed to write about non-white cultures, nor are they to draw inspiration from non-white cultures, lest they be racist. This time, author Alexandra Duncan has “voluntarily” withdrawn her book, Ember Days, because she failed to “stay in her lane”, basically. Also, I had forgotten an archive link, so I added it.Īnother day, another cancellation in the YA literature world.
UPDATE: There have been some minor developments in this story, and I cleaned up the language for my Freepers.
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