Rumpus Essays Editor Roxane Gay recently posted about the troubling situation at the Oxford American in which Mark Smirnoff, the founding editor of the Oxford American, and managing editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald were fired amidst hushed circumstances, linking to Smirnoff’s deeply personal and detailed account of his ouster.
Yesterday The New York Times ran a piece that details sexual harassment allegations as the reason for Smirnoff’s termination by publisher Warwick Sabin and the board of directors, portraying another side to this sad story regarding a beloved magazine.
