An author whose publisher censured her after she tweeted a photo of a Washington subway worker eating on the train during a break has filed a lawsuit against the California literary firm.
The tweet, since deleted, accompanied a photo of a black transit worker eating on a break.
The Washington Metro transit authority expressed appreciation and asked for time markers that might help it track the employee down. But a backlash against Tynes was swift, with University of New Hampshire professor Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinRare Bird said last month it would no longer distribute Tynes' forthcoming novel,"They Called Me Wyatt," which was set to be published on Rare Bird imprint California Coldblood Books.
The suit suggests this sparked a cascade of negative consequences, including Tynes' being placed on leave at her job at the World Bank in Washington, hospitalization for chest pain, death threats, high blood pressure, suicidal thoughts, a temporary move out of the country to Jordan, persecution of her family and nullifying the four years of work she put into the book.
The filing alleges that Rare Bird's pullback amounts to a breach of a contract after a pledge to produce the book in hardcover, paperback and digital editions available beginning Tuesday.
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