Washington Post Books Editor Steps Down

Andrew Altschul bio ↓ · December 30th, 2008 · filed under Media, books

Marie Arana, the longtime editor of The Washington Post’s Book World is stepping down tomorrow. “For 15 years I have had the privilege and honor of serving the best book review section in the country,” Arana writes on the WPBW blog. And while no one doubts that Book World is one of the most prominent book reviews in the U.S., Arana’s departure comes at a time when book reviewing in general is on the decline.

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Andrew Altschul is the Books Editor of The Rumpus. He is the author of two novels, Lady Lazarus, published in 2008, and Deus Ex Machina, forthcoming in 2010. His fiction and essays have appeared in many journals and magazines, and in anthologies including Best New American Voices and O. Henry Prize Stories. He lives in San Francisco. More from this author →

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