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October 11, 2008

Stories in Agents:

Book notes and a few random links for writers, foodies, and readers with sore throats

Dan Weintraub chronicles the governor’s Party of One … Michael Pollen shares his simple secrets … Charlie LeDuff leaves LA … Cody’s owner Andy Ross tries the agent biz … Jonathan Gold updates his must-eat list … plus: Kate’s flu tips, the Pinball Hall of Fame, and an all-expenses-paid adventure to India, [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, February 8th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Agents, Booksellers, Food, Jobs/labor relations, New Release 2008, Newspapers, Politics/government

The boss of me

Memoirist Debra Ginsberg gets fiction-y in her new book Blind Submission and the California publishing world gets dishy about the similarities between the author’s boss-from-hell West Coast literary agent character and her real-world former employer Sandra Dijkstra. Says Josh Getlin of the Los Angeles Times:

In Blind Submission, Lucy Fiamma, the central character, is a [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, January 8th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Agents, Buzz, Fiction