Akashic publisher Johnny Temple interviewed Malaika Adero, Vice President & Senior Editor at Atria Books/Simon and Schuster, about Miles Davis; the books that have inspired her as an editor; and about books that give her hope and those that give her nightmares.
Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic interns Melissa Bean and Gabriella Balza.
When I was eight years old, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. The Dallas school district saw I was brown, so they stuck me in ESL classes with the other brown children.
The actual problem was that I was having over a hundred minor seizures per day . . .