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Holocaust Memoir Found to Have Been Fabricated

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Online Only, posted 1.05.09

The publication of a memoir by Holocaust survivor Herman Rosenblat has been canceled after the author admitted to having embellished his story.

Finally Finalized: Beyond Baroque Gets the Lease

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Online Only, posted 12.29.08

Just days before the end of its fortieth-anniversary year, BeyondBaroque finally signed a lease with the Los Angeles City Council that will allow the literary nonprofit organization to remain at 681Valencia Boulevard for the next twenty-five years.

Mad at Madoff: Booker Prize Sponsor Invested With Swindler

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Online Only, posted 12.23.08

Man Group, the investment company and hedge fund that sponsors the Man Booker Prize, had $360 million invested in two funds linked to Bernard Madoff.

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Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Molly Friedrich

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

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September/October 2008

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Known as a heavy-hitting agent willing to go to bat for her clients, Molly Friedrich discusses how an author should choose an agent, what she looks for in a manuscript, and what separates great agents from merely good ones.

Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Editor Janet Silver

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

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July/August 2008

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Having settled into her new role at Nan Talese’s imprint following her ouster from Houghton Mifflin, editor Janet Silver discusses what she looks for in a new writer and what every author should know about agents.

Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Lynn Nesbit

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

Special Section

January/February 2008

With more than forty years of experience in the business, agent Lynn Nesbit discusses how she signed some of her biggest clients, how a writer can get an agent’s attention, and what’s wrong with the publishing industry.

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These United States

by Joe Woodward

News and Trends

November/December 2008

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As the presidential election approaches, our national hand-wringing has ramped up and everyone is once again focused on the perennial question: What makes America America? Two recent literary anthologies show just how far this popular introspection reaches into our creative communities of writers and artists. 

Bock's Best-seller Offered for Free Online

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Charles Bock's debut novel Beautiful Children hit number fourteen on the New York Times best-seller list this week, but for three days, Random House, which published the book in January, is offering a download of the book for free. Through midnight on Friday, readers can download a PDF version of the full-length novel from Bock's Web site, as well as from the online stores of Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Q&A: Twichell Passes Ausable Torch

by Kevin Larimer

News and Trends

September/October 2008

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Poet Chase Twichell talks about the decision to end her ten-year run as publisher and hand over her independent press to the nation’s largest poetry publisher, Copper Canyon Press.

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