“I was being paid minimum wage by an important publisher to sit very still and, occasionally, walk across the floor.”
Writing on the subject of the publishing industry, especially if it is lyrical and done well, will never fail to interest me. Carla Blumenkranz’s short piece in n+1, “My Time in Publishing,” explores with sincerity, humor and sharp detail the excitement and awkwardness of a neophyte in a New York publishing firm in the dawn of Friendster. Definitely worth a gander.