My gut says "true" I can theorize something about Americans (even well meaning ones) fetishize exoticness (sensually and/or white saviory) Or maybe a deep rooted idea that for something to be traditionally published in the US market, it has to be formulaic to a degree higher than other markets.

Safe travels!

Is this a screenshot of an instagram post of a tweet posted on Bluesky?

This came to mind

Would you say you X'd out?

Welcome!

"a book where practically every paragraph has a different narrator" sounds amazing.

Lmao, trust me, it's as much of a self-dig as it is a dig at the community.

Ah! I really wish I could be there. Do you happen to know if there will be a stream/virtual version? (I'm assuming no, but just wanted to make sure lol)