Diversity awards, online conventions, and authors incarcerated in the neo-slavery system
March 4, 2021
Writing while Black: Spring 2021 edition
by Sumiko Saulson
Many of you have probably noticed by now that I have stepped back on the number of columns I write per year. Due to the global pandemic, conventions have taken place online for almost a year now.
While I am very happy that we now have a vaccine, at the present time only high-risk people like seniors, nursing home residents, and healthcare workers are receiving it. With a 95 percent efficacy in infection prevention, unknowns regarding new strains of COVID-19 and a still undetermined general public roll out rate, it is highly unlikely that large footprint venues such as convention centers will become open to the public in the first half of this year.