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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been wondering who, if anyone, has landed on people's DNR lists. I'm an avid reader and purchaser (and have previously read authors from my list below). My DNR list was pretty short before this point; it traditionally has taken a lot for me to get to the point of DNR. And I have never written a list like this before. But I can't abide unethical behavior and the actions of the bad actors in this seem specifically and cynically aimed at preserving their own publishing fiefdoms at any cost. Therefore, I don't want to support them again. I will also go out of my way to buy anything Dorland publishes. As Mikki Kendall pointed out early on, the one silver lining to all of this is that it might get Dorland the publishing deal she was otherwise probably not going to get.

My own current list is below. I included an incomplete list of my opinions next to each one, to give a sense of my reasoning.

Bob Kolker (because I can't trust his accuracy again, and because of his gross and overwhelming sexism)
Celeste Ng (obvious reasons)
Sonya Larson (obvious reasons)
Christopher Castellani (unethical behavior as artistic director of GrubStreet, unhinged and sexist descriptions of violence directed at Dorland, participating Chunky Monkey)
Chip Cheek (being a toadying, two-faced jerk, participating Chunky Monkey)
Alison Murphy (a white woman cynically suggesting the exploitation of Grub Street's writers of color to do the Chunky Monkey's dirty work)
Roxane Gay (leading a hateful Twitter mob against an undeserving victim, and I'm tired of her Twitter behavior, which remains unchanged since she went after a college student a few years back)
Jennifer de Leon (participant, her insufferable email to the fortunately smart Deborah Porter of the Boston Book Festival, Chunky Monkey founder)
Eve Bridberg (executive director of GrubStreet, unethical handling of Dorland's complaint)
Calvin Hennick (gleeful, cruel Chunky Monkey participant)
Alexandria Marzona-Lesnevich (another cruel Chunky Monkey participant, later doubled down on Twitter defending that behavior)
Whitney Scharer (unethically advised Larson to lie to Dorland when Dorland reached out while being a director at Grub Street, general cruel participation)
Adam Stumacher (unethical participant in cruelty while being a GrubStreet instructor, Chunky Monkey founder)
Steve Almond (sexism in his WBUR piece, also just unforgivably smarmy)

I may add/drop people as time goes on. 
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I think I’m adding Cheryl Strayed for her comments in support of Almond that she dirty deleted[/quote]

PP here. I didn't put her on the list because I am unlikely to read another of her books anyhow -- I just haven't liked her work in the past -- and tweeting something and rethinking it isn't at the same level of the rest of them, to me. But don't let me persuade you otherwise![/quote]

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