The best book editors publish according to their own taste. While the projects they acquire need to fit in with the overall list of the press, seasoned editors learn to follow their gut. They know ...

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You know how you can be listening to someone talk, nodding and thinking, “Yes. Yes. I agree. I know. Duh.” — and then they say something that stops you cold? That happened to me when I chaired a panel ...

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Christopher Merrill, longtime director of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP), is marking 25 years ...