Jennifer Tress On Men, Memoirs, and One Editor’s Sage Advice
Jennifer Tress, author of You’re Not Pretty Enough, joins Biographile to discuss men, memoirs and one editor's brilliant advice. (READ MORE)
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The Magnetic Force Field of The Paris Review Interviews Vols. I—IV
In "The Art of Editing" interview with Robert Gottlieb in The Paris Review Interviews (Boxed Set), Vols I-IV, writers from Joseph Heller to the biographer Robert Caro weigh in on working with the legendary editor. (READ MORE)
The Real Thing: Happy Birthday to Legendary Editor Max Perkins
Maxwell Perkins, the legendary editor of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe, was born on this day in 1884. (READ MORE)
Good Prose Month: The Art of Editing
Literary editors offer their best advice to aspiring writers and editors. (READ MORE)
Q&A with Robin Desser, the Editor Behind Cheryl Strayed’s Bestselling “Wild”
It's not often that we get to have a wide-ranging conversation with the acquiring editor behind a book as unforgettable as Cheryl Strayed's bestselling "Wild," so we were on the edge of our seats as Knopf senior vice president Robin Desser opened up about finding the partial manuscript, knowing immediately...(READ MORE)
There’s Something About Helen
Helen Gurley Brown, the legendary editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and the unblushing champion of women’s sexual liberation, died on Monday at ninety years old. She was an endlessly quotable, endlessly contradictory icon who enraged conservatives for corrupting the morals of America even as she frustrated...(READ MORE)