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Jennifer Weiner: I’m Glad The NYT Is Finally Covering Commercial Fiction, And Sorry If I Went Too Far

Jennifer Weiner's Apology To NY Times
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UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 20: Author Jennifer Weiner at Le Parker Meridien hotel on W. 57th St. Her fourth novel, the mystery 'Goodnight Nobody,' recently hit shelves (and the best-seller list), and the movie version of her second book, 'In Her Shoes,' is slated for release in October. (Photo by Michael Appleton/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

When Terry McMillan published “Waiting to Exhale” in 1992, it was a game-changer. It sold 4 million copies, spent 38 weeks on the bestseller list, and showed the publishing world that there was an audience for the stories of intelligent, successful, flawed and still-struggling women who were solidly middle-class and black.

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