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A Window into a Writer's Brain
Publishing a book about how books are published has been a vertiginously meta experience— a hall of mirrors, in which I routinely see my experiences reflecting those that I’ve studied, my own words bouncing right back to me. Before they wer...
The Slush Scam
Show, don’t tell. Write what you know. Write drunk, edit sober. To this list of overused writing cliches, let’s add that most violent bon mot of them all: kill your darlings. This was very hard advice for me to follow while writing Middleme...
All About Agents with Andrea Bartz & Laura McGrath
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In defense of gatekeepers
Hello textCrunch readers! I’m thrilled to announce (er, remind you) that my book, Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction, is officially out in the world and available for purchase wherever books are sold!
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I'm an English professor, literary critic, and data scientist, studying the art and (data) science of how literature gets made. I'm the author of of MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN LITERATURE (forthcoming, Princeton UP)
Hi! I wrote The Last Ferry Out, Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here, The Spare Room, The Herd & The Lost Night. I live with my girlfriend in NYC & the Catskills. In my Substack, I demystify publishing & get vulnerable about author life.
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