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A round up of my 4-part “Diversity in Publishing” series for Brooklyn Magazine :

Part 1, A Collection of Lived Experiences: “You Will Be Tokenized”: Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing

Part 2, A History of the Conversation: “We’ve Been Out Here Working”: Diversity in Publishing, a Partial Reading List 

Part 3, A Picture of the Industry’s Structure: So You Want to Write a Book…

Big witch, middle witch, little witch. 

Started going through all my Ronnie Monsters production stills tonight and rediscovered this gem captured by the truly wonderful Kelly Ota, Assistant Director and Patron Saint. It’s the last take of the last shot of the entire shoot! We were very cold and very happy!

Got an ask about this the other day so here’s all the pieces from the ‘Dante’s Inferno’ series in one looooooong post.

The circles of hell the pieces are based, in order of appearance are:

You could easily mistake foraminifera fossils for flecks of dust, but these tiny specimens hold big insights about Earth’s climate. Scientific Assistant Bushra Hussaini, researcher Ellen Thomas, Curator Neil Landman, and intern Shaun Mahmood are preserving this invaluable collection.