Meg Reid 🦦
@megireid
Exec. Dir., Hub City Writers Project / Publisher, @hubcitypress
She/her. Canadian in the South, publishing new Southern POVs. 🍁 Tweets don’t represent HCWP.
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Hamilton Cain Dan Sinykin I don’t think the point is that any house or press is undeserving—it’s just that even ten years ago you still had HMH, Algonquin/Workman, Metropolitan (not indie, but existed), and a much more fulsome and diverse industry that could spread out awards and talent.
On Oct. 17, Texas plans to execute Robert Roberson for a crime that never occurred. The lead detective on his case now says Roberson is innocent and should be set free. My latest for The Appeal. theappeal.org/robert-roberso…
Thank you to the The Chicago Manual of Style for the encouragement! Translators are the people who choose every word you read when you’re reading a translation. Why not celebrate, or at least acknowledge, that?
So pleased to see people rushing to sign up for this Crash Course on social media, taught by our wonderful (and local!) expert, Kendra D. Winchester!
We love to see our co-director, Neesha neesha, they/she 🍉, winning! 💜 Poets & Writers selected their book, Come By Here, as one of the top debuts of the year. It comes out on 9/24 & is available to preorder at hubcity.org/comebyhere. Check out their book launch Charis Books/Circle on 9/24
Which Deep Vellum book or event changed your life? Our 1st—Texas: The Great Theft? The English debuts of Anne Garréta or Fiston Mwanza Mujila? Solenoid or The Accommodation or Grey Bees? All wouldn’t have happened without your support, please donate today! northtexasgivingday.org/organization/4…
As South Carolina puts a man to death for the first time in 13 years later today, here’s an old (but still relevant) clip from Kathryn Casteel . If killing a man isn’t high enough stakes, consider how fucked pharma. immunity is: greenvilleonline.com/story/news/202… via The Greenville News
End of an era for Hub City Press (also the reason we're on a shipping pause for a few days)