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Handling Rejection from the Other Side

  • Katie O'Brien
  • September 2, 2016
I never heard editors talk about how disturbed and insecure writers might become as a result of relentless rejection, living every day with what James Salter called “the feeling of…
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The Rumpus Interview with Becky Tuch

  • Max Gray
  • July 1, 2016
Becky Tuch discusses founding The Review Review, motherhood, creativity, and the future of literary magazines.
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Men Explain Submissions To Me

  • Sarah Blake
  • March 15, 2016
Perhaps he thought he was doing me a favor by explaining this to me so I might not get into further trouble. I’m afraid I have continued to get myself into trouble instead.
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Author in the First Person

  • Kirstin Allio
  • March 10, 2016
There’s humor and advice on the long haul of novel-writing in an interview with Porochista Khakpour over at Prairie Schooner. Khakpour describes “problem-solving a chunk at a time,” and pushing through a…
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The Rumpus Interview with Dean Koontz

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • December 21, 2015
Dean Koontz talks about his newest novel, Ashley Bell, overcoming self-doubt, and “what this incredibly beautiful language of ours allows you to do.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Susan Shapiro

  • Alice Roche Cody
  • August 19, 2015
Susan Shapiro discusses her latest novel, What’s Never Said, her Instant Gratification Takes Too Long teaching method, and new anti-dating rules between faculty and students at universities such as Harvard and Yale.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Shawver

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • August 17, 2015
Author Brian Shawver talks about his new book, Danger on the Page, his novel Aftermath, MFA programs, and why it’s a good thing that writing never stops being hard work.
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The University Press That Doesn’t Exist

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 3, 2015
As part of austerity measures, the University of Akron eliminated its university press. The director and two staff members were both let go as part of budget-trimming layoffs. The press…
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Mendelsund

  • Matt Tanner
  • January 23, 2015
Writer, designer, and thinker Peter Mendelsund talks about book design, the tangled process of reading and perception, and his two new books, Cover and What We See When We Read.
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What Makes Editors Fall in Love?

  • P.E. Garcia
  • October 17, 2014
There is this (correct) notion that the world is speeding up of late, that we no longer have the attention spans to wait for a story to get going. But…
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The Ageless Problem of Agents

  • Lyz Lenz
  • October 16, 2014
The Paris Review blog discovers that in publishing the “sky is always falling.” Every year is an abysmal year for books and a terrific year for books. Editors no longer…
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White People Everywhere

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 30, 2014
White male editors still dominate publishing and white male authors still dominate bestseller lists. Writing over at Plougshares, literary agent Eric Nelson explores the problem: I have frequently presented books as…
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