Not in our anthology...

[markprobst]

New York Times best-selling YA author pulls out of Running Press anthology because she was told that her gay-themed story was unacceptable. 

Comments

[mroctober]

Weird. I have a gay vampire story in a YA anthology, TEETH published by Harper Collins. So, Running Press's decision really makes them sound out-of-touch with the YA marketplace, which could care less about queer content. Most of the readers of gay male YA are girls, anyway.

[markprobst]

I notice in her blog the author says she was told that it wouldn't be acceptable to the publisher but I have to wonder if the person in charge of the anthology even ran it up through the chain of command or if (s)he just made an assumption. It really doesn't sound like a position that Running Press would take.

[erikorrantia]

What was their demographic that was so sensitive to such a story? Expanding their knowledge probably wouldn't hurt. Too bad.

[markprobst]

Uh, maybe the Tea-party family demographic ;)