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The Art of Literary Publishing: Editors on Their Craft [Paperback]

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September 17, 1995
Long out of print—and an underground favorite of publishers and writers—this gathering celebrates in their own words an endangered species: the literary editor.

First published in 1980, The Art of Literary Publishing is also a how-to manual for literate survival in an age of corporate gigantism; it features legendary voices from the past and present in twenty-four chapters by Cleanth Brooks, Maxwell Perkins, John Farrar, Maurice Girodias, James Laughlin, William Phillips, Saxe Commins, John Galassi, Simon Michael Bessie, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Smith, Ishmael Reed, Theodore Solotaroff, and others, plus a new introduction by the editor.

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This volume offers 24 chapters from an assortment of heavyweights of the book trade who discuss all facets of the literary publishing house. Included is an interview with New Directions' founder James Laughlin, John Farrar's letter to an unpublished writer, Scribner's legendary editor Max Perkins's memoir of publishing Thomas Wolfe, and much more. It still holds true that "most libraries should own this book" (LJ 3/15/80).
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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“"A unique, over-the-editor's shoulder perspective on the survival of quality in a world of slickness." —Publishers Weekly

“"Informative, provocative, entertaining." —Library Journal

“"A fascinating symposium." —Washington Post

“"Against all odds . . . heartening." —Christian Science Monitor

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