Writers Are Workers Too!
Sep 6 2024

Every Labor Day, I like to remember writers as we celebrate the accomplishments of American workers.
Last year at this time, screenwriters were striking in Los Angeles, winning some important changes to their contracts. Throughout history, literary activists have changed the way we treat authors, screenwriters, poets, and other creators.
When I wrote my book about writers during the 1930s, I realized that we’ve been fed a very old myth that authors are meant to suffer. At the height of the Great Depression, syndicated newspaper columnist Elise Robinson wrote: