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Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Editor Pat Strachan
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
March/April 2008
With nearly four decades of editing experience, publishing veteran Pat Strachan reveals the qualities she looks for in fiction, her approach to editing, and how writers can help themselves navigate the industry.
John Sterling Steps Down as President of Holt
by Staff
John Sterling is stepping down as president and publisher of Henry Holt after nine years in the position, and will become executive vice president and editor-at-large at Macmillan, Holt's parent company. Sterling leaves the helm after a record-breaking year for Holt in terms of sales, profits, and bestsellers.
Q&A: Alice Quinn's Poetic Providence
by Jean Hartig
January/February 2008
Former New Yorker poetry editor Alice Quinn discusses her final days at the magazine and looks ahead to more time spent in her role as the director of the Poetry Society of America.
Q&A: Teresa Weaver's View of Reviews
by Timothy Schaffert
September/October 2007
The former Atlanta Journal-Constitution books editor discusses the public response to the elimination of her job and the future of book reviewing.
Noble Rider: A Profile of Bin Ramke
by Craig Morgan Teicher
September/October 2007
With the publication of his ninth collection, poet Bin Ramke has emerged as one of the avant-garde's treasured half-secrets.
Q&A: Leibowitz Bids Parnassus Farewell
by Polly Giantonio
July/August 2007
After thirty years of publishing Parnassus, founder Herbert Leibowitz discusses the end of the journal and his outlook on the future of poetry.
Daniel Menaker Steps Down as Random House Top Editor
by Staff
Random House Publishing Group announced today that Daniel Menaker will step down as executive editor in chief at the end of this month. Hired four years ago—after a sixteen-month stint as an executive editor at HarperCollins—for his literary sensibilities and publishing acumen, Menaker says the decision to leave was mutual.
Q&A: Ed Ochester's Pitt Poetry Series
by Timothy Schaffert
March/April 2007
Ed Ochester, editor of the Pitt Poetry Series for nearly three decades, talks about the changes in poetry and publishing he's seen over the years.
Q&A: Ulin Takes Critical Control in L.A.
by Timothy Schaffert
January/February 2006
At the end of his fourth week on the job as the book editor of the Los Angeles Times, Ulin spoke about his intentions for the Book Review and his responsibilities as its new editor.
An Interview With Fiction Writer Ben Marcus
by Kevin Larimer
In his introduction to The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, editor Ben Marcus writers, "If we are made by what we read, if language truly builds people into what they are, how they think, the depth with which they feel, then these stories are, to me, premium material for that construction project. You could build a civilization with them." The 473-page anthology includes stories by George Saunders, David Foster Wallace, Anthony Doerr, Jhumpa Lahiri, Anne Carson, Gary Lutz, and more than 20 others.