White women in publishing

Plus, the epic quest to surgically transplant a human mind

A survey released last week showed that 81% of people working in US university presses are white. In America as a whole, 61% of the population is white.

This half of the story will be familiar because surveys of this nature tend to attract attention, and rightfully so. When you hit 81% white in a country that’s 61% white, something is out of whack. It d…