Who’s Going to Buy Your Book?

Walter Mosley on race, science fiction, and the industry:

Later, talking about the idea of genre and of audience, Mosley said that when he sent his early novel Gone Fishin’ to publishers, he was told, “White people don’t read about black people. Black women don’t like to read about black men. Black men don’t like to read. So who’s going to buy your book? If it was true, it was because they made it true.”

Don’t miss his fascinating hour-long interview with Democracy Now!