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A peek inside the editorial process at The New Yorker

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Once upon a time, in the dim recesses of the twentieth century, I learned the rules of spelling and grammar from my mother (a former English teacher) and a succession of prim ladies in the public school system of Lima, Ohio. It was all cut and dried, as rules tend to be. Rules were rules. There was only one right way to do things, and every other way was wrong. Now here comes Mary Norris , a longtime copy editor at The New Yorker , of all places, to tell me that editors like her argue all the time about punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Good grief! What is the world coming to? Is the editorial process at The New Yorker as messy as work in any other office? Is terra firma no longer firma ? And is the process of writing good copy no more tolerable than the making of sausages or laws?

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Apparently not. In the final analysis, Norris recommends that you “follow some rules, sure, but in the end what you’re after is clarity of meaning.” She serves up this advice in the course of a memoir, of sorts, about her long experience at a magazine that is often thought to feature the best writing that America has to offer.

Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris (2015) 241 pages ★★★★☆

And, oh, by the way: Norris’s account is often hilarious. Just for example: “The lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower edited The F-Word , a 270-page alphabetized collection of variations on this versatile oath. My colleagues and I have argued in the office over whether it should be rendered F-word, F word, “F” word, or “f” word, but who really gives a f*** about the proper form of a euphemism?” (Norris spells out the word, but I don’t, given that I intend to re-post this review on Amazon, which would chuck it into oblivion unless I do.)

The editorial process at The New Yorker is alarmingly complex

Just to give you a sense of how complicated this whole business can become, consider this account from Norris. “Who doesn’t know that the word ‘bumper’ breaks after the ‘bump?’ Back to the dictionary. The first entry for ‘bumper’ is indeed ‘bum-per,’ a noun that means ‘a brimming cup or glass. . . The second sense, also divided ‘bum-per,’ is an adjective meaning ‘unusually large,’ as in ‘bumper crop.’ Finally, the third sense is rendered ‘bump-er,’ a noun, meaning ‘one that bumps’ or ‘a device for absorbing shock or preventing damage (as in collision); specif : a bar at either end of an automobile.'” Now, if you had any clue about those arcane distinctions, go to the head of the class. I certainly didn’t. And no doubt will completely forget about within the next two hours. But this is the sort of stuff that editors at The New Yorker actually worry about!

Mary Norris has been a working wordsmith at The New Yorker for more than thirty-five years since she started there in an entry-level position. However, it’s been “more than twenty years since I became a page OK’er — a position that exists only at The New Yorker , where you query-proofread pieces and manage them, with the editor, the author, a fact checker, and a second proofreader, until they go to press. An editor once called us prose goddesses; another job description might be comma queen.”

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The New York Review of Books announces new editorial lineup and the creation of the Robert B. Silvers Foundation

NEW YORK – Monday, February 25, 2019 — Rea Hederman, the publisher of The New York Review of Books , announced today that Emily Greenhouse and Gabriel Winslow-Yost have been named co-editors of the magazine, the leading English-language journal of literary criticism and ideas with a worldwide circulation of approximately 150,000. The editors will be joined by longtime contributor Daniel Mendelsohn in the newly created position of editor at large.

“Robert Silvers and Barbara Epstein launched the Review in 1963 to create a new outlet for robust ideas, and it became a home for the liveliest minds of their age,” said Hederman. “Gabe and Emily are about the age that Bob and Barbara were when they created the Review , and I fully expect that their partnership will bring its own fresh youth and energy. They both worked closely with Bob, so they know the values of the institution, and will bring to the position the impressive expertise they have developed in the years since: Emily at a number of different publications, most recently The New Yorker , and Gabe here at the Review , where he has thrived as a senior editor, and as co-editor of our New York Review Comics imprint. I’m confident they will bring in perspectives that will help to refresh the paper to meet the needs of our tumultuous moment, all while continuing to publish the outstanding writers and thinkers that have given the Review its clout and editorial vision.”

“I am honored to be returning to the Review , my first professional home in New York,” said Greenhouse, 32, who has spent the past three years working as managing editor of The New Yorker magazine. “Bob and Barbara set an electrifying template; the work upon us now is to reinvigorate their original model and usher it into the current age—by continuing to provide a forum for the Review ’s extraordinary, dynamic contributors, and by identifying and developing diverse and incisive new voices. I’m simply thrilled to be facing this next chapter with Gabe and Daniel.”

Winslow-Yost, 33, is a senior editor at The New York Review . “It’s been a privilege to work at the Review for the past decade,” he said. “The magazine is in a position of strength, with a brilliant, experienced editorial staff, an unparalleled group of contributors, and wonderfully engaged readers. The commitment to passionate, thoughtful debate inculcated by Bob Silvers and Barbara Epstein is needed now more than ever. I couldn’t be more excited to help bring that into a new era and to new audiences, and to do that alongside Emily and Daniel.”

“The appointment of Emily and Gabe, brilliant young editors steeped in contemporary literary culture and sharing a broad vision of what a lively intellectual journal can achieve, actually returns the Review to its founding stance,” said Mendelsohn. “I was privileged to know and work closely with both Bob and Barbara, and now I’m excited to be working with the new editors on ideas about how to bring the Review ’s extraordinary pool of talent—both longtime contributors and new voices—to a wider audience.” Mendelsohn added that the new editorial team has been discussing plans for a festival, regional and international colloquia, podcasts, and greater outreach to colleges and universities.

THE ROBERT B. SILVERS FOUNDATION A bequest by Silvers, who died in March 2017, established a charitable entity, the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, the aim of which is to support writers. Silvers named Mendelsohn as director with Hederman as president.

The Foundation’s goal is to support writers working in the areas that were nurtured by Silvers in the Review : in-depth political, social, economic, and scientific commentary, long-form arts and literary criticism, and the intellectual essay. Such support will take the form of disbursements to enable works in progress, and of the bestowal annually of a series of prizes, to be known as the Silvers-Dudley Prizes, recognizing outstanding achievement in the kinds of writing Silvers and his late partner, Lady Grace Dudley, embraced and encouraged: the Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism; the Robert B. Silvers Prize for Criticism; and the Grace Dudley Prize for Writing on European Culture. Prizes awarded will be $30,000 each for writers over 40, and $15,000 each for those under 40. Winners will be named each year on December 31, Silvers’s birthday.

The first prizes will be awarded at the end of 2019.

HISTORY In 1963, a group of friends founded a publication that they determined would be a new kind of magazine, one in which the most interesting and lively minds they could find would discuss current books and issues in depth. The friends—Jason and Barbara Epstein and Elizabeth Hardwick and Robert Lowell—asked Robert Silvers to join with Barbara Epstein to be the co-editors of the new publication.

The result was what The New Yorker called “the best first issue of any magazine ever” with contributions by, among others, W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Hardwick, Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, Mary McCarthy, Adrienne Rich, and John Berryman.

In recent years contributors have included, among others, Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, Mary Beard, Hilary Mantel, Marilynne Robinson, J.M. Coetzee, Joan Didion, Darryl Pinckney, and Mark Danner.

PUBLICITY For more information, please contact Nicholas During at (212) 293-1641 / [email protected].

Emily Greenhouse, 32, has worked as managing editor of The New Yorker since March 2016. Previously, she worked as a reporter at Bloomberg, covering gender and politics. From 2012 to 2014, she worked as editorial assistant to David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker . From 2011 to 2012, she served as editorial assistant to Robert Silvers, the editor and cofounder of The New York Review of Books . Prior to that, she worked on the editorial staff of Granta in London and taught English in Paris.

She has written for publications including The New Yorker , Rolling Stone , Dissent , The Nation , and The New Republic , on subjects ranging from anti-Semitism in France to rock and roll criticism to drug experimentation at liberal arts colleges to the television show Gossip Girl . She has appeared on Charlie Rose and Entertainment Tonight .

Greenhouse graduated from Wesleyan University in 2008, with a double major in the College of Letters (an interdisciplinary program of literature, history, and philosophy) and French Studies. She is currently the youngest member of the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees. She lives in Brooklyn and is expecting her first child in March.

Gabriel Winslow-Yost, 33, has been on the editorial staff of The New York Review of Books since 2009, first as an editorial assistant to Robert Silvers, then as an assistant editor, and most recently as a senior editor. He also co-founded the New York Review Comics imprint, which has published fifteen comics and graphic novels since 2016. His writing on film, fiction, comics, and video games has appeared in The New York Review of Books , Harper’s , The New Yorker , n+1 , and New York magazine’s The Cut .

Winslow-Yost graduated from Yale University in 2008 with a degree in English. He was born in New Hampshire, and lives in Brooklyn.

Daniel Mendelsohn was born in New York in 1960 and received a BA in Classics from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University. Since 1991 he has been a prolific contributor of essays, reviews, and articles to many publications, particularly The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker . He has also been a columnist for The New York Times Book Review , Harper’s , Travel + Leisure , and New York magazine, where he was the weekly book critic.

His books include An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (2017); The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (2006), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Jewish Book Award in the United States and the Prix Médicis in France; The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity (1999), a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; two collections of essays; a scholarly study of Greek tragedy; and a two-volume translation of the poetry of C. P. Cavafy (2009). His third collection of essays, Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones , will be published in October 2019. Mendelsohn is the Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College.

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To be a preview editor for The New York Times Book Review is to have a particular and remarkable job, nearly unique in our newsroom. Preview editors must read hundreds of unreleased books each year to recommend which ones to review (or not), and they must engage in the special kind of matchmaking that distinguishes the Book Review: finding the perfect person to write about each book—all of that before editing the reviews themselves. It’s a job that requires an outsize enthusiasm for books, deep knowledge across genres and an encyclopedic knowledge of authors, academics and other writers.

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Sadie, a New York City native, has always been a prolific reader and her literary interests run from American to French history, thrillers and mysteries to architecture and design, philosophy to Broadway lyrics. She started her career at Jezebel, where she covered books and culture. From there, she went to the Paris Review, where she spent half a decade writing, editing and eventually running that publication’s brainy and influential website. Sadie has freelanced extensively, writing delightful personal essays and culture coverage about topics as varied as Mr. Met , the joys of hoarding and New York City scammers . She lives in Manhattan with her husband and son.

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This week’s recommended books include a couple of memoirs by writers better known for their fiction, Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo, as well as a tall helping of straight-up novels by the likes of Jenni Fagan, John Darnielle, Renée Branum and more. In nonfiction, besides those memoirs we also recommend a therapist’s look at how Zen Buddhism informs his practice, a timely exposé of high-stakes policy disagreements inside the Federal Reserve and a heartening account of the local Republican officials who resisted fierce pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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DEVIL HOUSE , by John Darnielle. (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) Darnielle is best known as the singer-songwriter behind the indie band the Mountain Goats, but since 2008, he’s also published fiction. “Quietly, as if stealing in on cat’s paws, he’s become, as a novelist, unignorable,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. His third novel, “Devil House,” is about a true-crime writer who moves into a house in California where a pair of notorious murders occurred in the late 1980s. “Devil House” is about the nature of crime writing, tabloid and otherwise. What follows is “confident, creepy, a powerful and soulful page-turner,” Garner says. “I had no idea where it was going, in the best possible sense.”

THE LORDS OF EASY MONEY: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy , by Christopher Leonard. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) A business reporter, Leonard has written a fascinating and propulsive story about, of all things, the Federal Reserve. The book filters an argument about the Fed through the experience and worldview of a retired central banker named Thomas Hoenig, an inflation hawk who was keen to limit the Fed’s reach from inside the institution. “Leonard, in the tradition of Michael Lewis, has taken an arcane subject, rife with the risk of incomprehensibility (or boredom), and built a riveting narrative in which the stakes couldn’t be any clearer,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes.

LAST RESORT , by Andrew Lipstein. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27.) This entertaining debut novel is about Caleb, an aspiring author in his 20s who lacks a compelling subject until he reunites with a college buddy named Avi, who recounts a set of remarkable recent events — Greek island, doomed affair, group sex with repressed married couple, death. Without telling Avi, Caleb expands this anecdote into a full-length novel that meets with great success. “If Lipstein had written a less cunning book, he might have contrasted Caleb with a character who represented artistic purity, whatever that is,” our critic Molly Young writes. “But everyone here sits somewhere on the grifter spectrum.”

THE ZEN OF THERAPY: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life , by Mark Epstein. (Penguin Press, $27.) A warm, profound memoir of a year in the consulting room of Epstein, a psychiatrist and practicing Buddhist. He probes the fundamental wisdom that psychotherapy and Buddhism share, to show how it might help us on the road to fulfillment. “The unifying stance Epstein identifies in Buddhism and in therapy at its best,” Oliver Burkeman writes in his review, “is the willingness to pay attention, while letting people and feelings be as they are.”

SMALL WORLD , by Jonathan Evison. (Dutton, $28.) Evison’s expansive new novel explores the lives of several passengers on a fateful train bound for Seattle, as well as the lives of their 19th-century ancestors. He weaves together a tale of the West, examining injustices and inequities across generations and cultures while maintaining a steady belief in humanity’s capacity for benevolence. “The novel is easy to love in part because it deals in generosity and hope,” TaraShea Nesbit writes in her review. “‘Small World’ is ambitious, showing our interconnectedness across time, place and cultures. … The final pages, earnest and direct, chance the sentimental, which might be the riskiest move of all.”

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These book reviewers have been updated as indicated by the date noted after the listing. Note that this list also often includes the website URL for other reporter contacts at these newspapers. If the contact is vital to you, verify the book reviewer’s name and address before making submissions.

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Please note that most newspapers don’t review books any more and, when they do, they only review new books. So they need to see books (galley copies or advanced review copies) six to 12 weeks before the publication date of the book.

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Albuquerque Journal , 7777 Jefferson Street NE, Albuquerque NM 87109; 505-823-4400. Web:  https://www.abqjournal.com/contact . No book reviews. Updated 6/22.

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Anchorage Daily News , Mike Dunham, Book Editor, 1001 Northway Drive (99508-2098), P O Box 149001, Anchorage AK 99514-9001; 907-257-4305 (life section); 907-257-4200 (main number). Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.adn.com . Editor and reporter contacts: http://www.adn.com/help/newsroom . Only reviews books about Alaska and by Alaskans. Takes reviews off newswire. Updated 2/09.

The Arizona Republic , Randy Cordova, Pop Culture Editor (also books), 200 E Van Buren, Phoenix AZ 85004; 602-444-8000; Fax: 602-444-2417. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.arizonarepublic.com . Randy: 602-444-8849. Updated 2/15.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 223 Perimeter Center Parkway, Atlanta GA 30346; 404-526-5747. Web: http://www.ajc.com . Sadly, they don’t seem to have a book review section anymore. Probably your best chance is to contact one of the Sunday Living and Arts Reporters below. Updated 8/11.

Austin American Statesman , 305 S. Congress Avenue (78704), P.O. Box 670, Austin, TX 78767; 512-445-3610; Fax: 512-445-3968. Web: http://www.Austin360. com or http://www.statesman.com . Updated 11/09.

Jody Seaborn, Book Editor. Email: [email protected]

Joe Gross, books reporter and editor. Email: [email protected]

Baltimore Sun , 501 N Calvert Street (21202); P O Box 1377, Baltimore MD 21278. 410-332-6100. Web: http://www.baltimoresun.com . Editor and reporter directory: http://www.baltimoresun.com/about/bal-baltimore-sun-newsroom-directory,0,536389.htmlpage . Updated 2/15.

Mary Carole McCauley, Books Reporter; 410-332-6704. Email: [email protected] . Note: most of their book reviews come from from the LA Times.

The Baton Rouge Advocate , 7290 Blue Bonnet Road (70810); P O Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0588; 225-383-1111. Web: http://www.theadvocate.com . Employee list: http://theadvocate.com/help/employeelist . Local-related books are covered by local reporters. They currently do not have a book editor. Updated 4/14.

Boston Globe , 135 Morrissey Boulevard, P.O. Box 2378, Boston, MA 02125; 617-929-2000. Web: http://www.bostonglobe.com . Reporters and editors: http://www.bostonglobe.com/tools/help/stafflist . Updated 12/20. Web: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books .

Kate Tuttle, Book Editor. Email: [email protected] .

Amy Sullivan, Globe Correspondent, interviews authors. Twitter: http://twitter.com/globebiblio . Email: [email protected] .

Nicole Lamy, the previous book editor, still reviews books for the Globe in the Short Stack column. This email may still be valid: [email protected] .

Boston Herald , 1 Herald Street (02118), P.O. Box 55843, Boston MA 02205; 617-426-3000; Fax: 617-451-3506. Arts & Lifestyle: 617-619-6193. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.bostonherald.com . Most book news is from the Associated Press. Updated 9/16.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle , Ben Pierce, 2820 West College, Bozeman MT 59715; 406-587-4491; Fax: 406-587-7995. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com . Update 12/15.

Buffalo News , Jeff Simon, Sunday Arts & Books Editor, One News Plaza, P.O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240; 800-777-8680; Fax: 716-856-5150. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.buffalonews.com . Features editors: http://www.buffalonews.com/section/help05/#Features . Update 4/15.

Charlotte Observer , Pam Kelley, Reading Life Editor, 600 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte NC 28202; 704-358-5024; Fax: 704-358-5036. Email: [email protected] . Pam: 704-358-5271. Web: http://www.charlotteobserver.com or http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte . Staff listings: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/staff . Updated 8/12.

Chicago Sun-Times , Teresa Budasi, Books Editor, 350 N. Orleans Street, 10th Floor, Chicago IL 60654; 312-321-3000. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.suntimes.com . One of the ten largest newspapers in the U.S., the Sun-Times is dropping most book coverage except for coverage of local authors. Updated 2/15.

Chicago Tribune , Elizabeth Taylor, Literary Editor, 435 N. Michigan Avenue #400, Chicago IL 60611-4022; 312-222-3232; Fax: 312-222-3143 or 312-222-0236 (features). Web: http://www.chicagotribune.com . Reviews very few independent presses. Now in the Saturday issue rather than Sunday. Updated 2/15.

Christian Science Monitor , One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115; 617-450-2000; Fax: 617-450-7575. Book Editor (617-450-2462). Web: http://www.csmonitor.com .

Cincinnati Enquirer , 312 Elm Street, Cincinnati OH 45202; 513-768-8477; Fax: 513-768-8340. Web: http://news.enquirer.com . Local news: [email protected] . Editorial contacts: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=contact . No book reviews. Updated 2/15.

Cleveland Plain Dealer , Skylight Office Tower, 1660 West 2nd Street #3200, Cleveland, OH 44113; 216-999-4800; 800-688-4802; Fax: 216-999-6354. Web: http://www.cleveland.com . They do not do book reviews. They do feature a few syndicated book reviews. Updated 9/15.

Contra Costa Times , Sue Gilmore, Book Editor, Bookends, 175 Lennon Lane #100, Walnut Creek CA 94598; 925-977-8482; main phone: 925-935-2525. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.contracosta times.com and http://www.mercurynews. com/books . They have just reinstated their book review section in print. Contact list: http://www.contracostatimes.com/contact-us . Updated 2/15.

Dallas Morning News , Michael Merschel, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor, Books, P O Box 655237, Dallas TX 75265; 214-977-8594. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/books . Main phone number: 214-977-8222; Fax: 214-977-8838. Lifestyle editors: http://www.dallasnews.com/connectwithus/newsroom_lifestyles.html . Twitter: http://twitter.com/mmerschel . Updated 5/17.

The Denver Post , Ray Rinaldi, Books Editor, 101 W Colfax Avenue #600, Denver CO 80202; 303-820-1624;Fax: 303-820-1679. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.denverpost.com . Editors: http://www.denverpost.com/contactus . Updated 12/11.

Detroit Free Press , Steve Byrne, Entertainment Editor, 615 West Lafayette Street, Detroit MI 48231; 313-222-5977; Fax: 313-223-4726. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.freep.com . Main number: 313-222-6400. Editors: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= 200551101001 . Updated 4/09.

East Bay Times , 2121 N California Boulevard #290, Walnut Creek CA 94596; 925-935-2525. Web: https://www.eastbaytimes.com . Updated 6/22.

News Tips, Local News: [email protected]

Breaking Bay Area News: [email protected]

Letters to the Editor: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/letters-to-the-editor (submission form)

Randy McMullen, Arts and Entertainment Editor; 510-293-2461. Email: [email protected]

Book and other events: Anne Gelhaus. Email: [email protected]

Business and technology stories: [email protected]

Linda Zavoral, Food Reporter; 408-920-5960. Email: [email protected]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel , 200 E. Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-2293; 954-356-4710; Fax: 954-356-4612. Web: http://www.sun-sentinel.com . No current book editor. Primarily syndicated reviews. Updated 12/16.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram , Stephanie Allmon, Assistant Managing Editor, Features, P O Box 1870, Fort Worth TX 76101; 817-390-7720. Web: http://www.star-telegram.com . Life & Arts Department: 817-390-7750; Fax: 817-390-7257. Email: [email protected] . Newsroom number: 817-390-7400. Editors: http://www.star-telegram.com/contact . They don’t really do original book reviews. Updated 11/12.

Hartford Courant , 285 Broad Street, Hartford CT 06115; Main: 860-241-6200. Web: http://www.courant.com . Reporter/editor listings: http://www.courant.com/about/custom/thc/thc-news-submit,0,7366803.html . No book reviewer, but MaryEllen Fillo, an entertainment columnist once interviewed a book author. Email: [email protected] . Updated 06/12.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser , 7 Waterfront Plaza #210, 500 Ala Moana, Honolulu HI 96813; 808-529-4747; Fax: 808-529-4750. Web: http://www.staradvertiser.com . Editors: http://www.staradvertiser.com/about/ Star_Advertiser_Contact_Information.html . No book reviews. Updated 11/10.

Christie Wilson, Today Editor; Email: [email protected]

Book signings and events email: [email protected]

Houston Chronicle , Maggie Galehouse, Book Editor, 801 Texas Street (77002-2904), P.O. Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210; 713-362-7171. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.chron.com . Updated 4/09.

Indianapolis Star , Jennifer Morlan, Life Editor, 130 S Meridian Street, Indianapolis IN 46225; 317-444-6921. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.indystar.com . For a list of reporters, see http://static.indystar.com/en/follow . Updated 2/15.

International Herald Tribune , 6 bis, rue des Graviers, 92521 Neuilly Cedex, France; (33-1) 41 43 93 22; Fax: (33-1) 41 43 93 32. General email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.iht.com . A daily international English-language newspaper owned by the New York Times . Book reviews are taken from the New York Times . Updated 11/16.

Kansas City Star , Steve Paul, Arts Editor, 1729 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City MO 64108-1413; 816-234-4141; Fax: 816-234-4926. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.kansascity.com . Editorial contacts: http://www.kansascity.com/contact_us . Short book reviews, primarily from other sources. Updated 2/11.

Los Angeles Times Book Review , 202 West 1st Street, Los Angeles CA 90012; 213-237-7778; Fax: 213-237-5916. Main #s: 213-237-5000; Fax: 213-237-7679. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.latimes.com/ book . Editorial staff: http://www.latimes.com/about/mediagroup/la-mediacenter-editorial_staff,0,3058915.htmlstory . Jacket Copy book blog: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy . Send email first with as much information as possible to [email protected] – no attachments. Updated 4/14.

Joy Press, Books and Culture Editor. Email: [email protected]

David Ulin, Book Critic. Email: [email protected]

Carolyn Kellogg, Staff Writer – Writes about books. Email: [email protected]

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latimesbooks

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/latimesbooks

Louisville Courier-Journal , 525 W Broadway, P O Box 740031, Louisville KY 40201-7431; 502-582-4667; Fax: 502-582-4665. Web: http://www.courier-journal.com . For a list of other Courier-Journal editors (with phone numbers and email addresses), see their website at: http://archive.courier-journal.com/section/contact06 . No book reviews. Updated 2/17.

Marin Independent Journal , 103 Shoreline Parkway #201, San Rafael CA 94901; 415-883-8600. Editorial Fax: 415-883-5458. Editorial contacts: https://www.marinij.com/contact-us . Updated 6/22.

Press release email: [email protected]

Arts and Entertainment Calendar and listings: Colleen Bidwill; 415-382-7282. Email: [email protected] .

Miami Herald , Connie Ogle, Book Editor, One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132-1693; 305-376-3649; Fax: 305-376-8950. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.herald.com . Updated 12/13.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 333 W. State Street, P.O. Box 371, Milwaukee, WI 53201; 414-224-2181; General: 414-224-2000. Web: http://www.jsonline.com . Here’s what their old book editor once wrote about self-help books: “I would never have bothered with them had it not been for a perverse idea to poke fun at them.” This is a common opinion among newspaper book reviewers. Updated 8/09.

Minneapolis Star Tribune , Laurie Hertzel, Books Editor, 425 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55488; 612-673-4380; Fax: 612-673-7568. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.startribune.com . General news: 612-673-4414. Updated 2/09.

Nashville Tennessean , 1100 Broadway, Nashville TN 37203; 615-259-8228; Fax: 615-259-8057. Web: http://www.tennessean.com . Updated 2/17.

New Orleans Times-Picayune ,3800 Howard Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125-1429; 504-826-3457; 800-925-0000; Fax: 504-826-3186. Living section email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.timespicayune.com and http://www.nola.com . Updated 11/12.

New York Daily News , Sherryl Connelly, Book Editor, 4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004; 212-210-2100; Fax: 212-643-7831. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.nydailynews.com . Updated 9/13.

New York Observer , Alexandra Peers, Culture Editor, 321 West 44th Street, 6thFloor, New York, NY 10036; 212-755-2400; 800-542-0420; Fax: 212-688-4889. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.observer.com . A weekly newspaper in New York City. Updated 6/12.

New York Post , 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036; 212-930-8000; Fax: 212-930-8542. Web: http://www.nypost.com . Updated 2/09.

New York Times Book Review , 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018-1405; 212-556-1234 or 212-556-3652; Fax: 212-556-3690. Web: http://www.nytimes.com/books . You can send email to most reporters and critics via the website.

Gilbert Cruz, Book Editor. Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilbertcruz

Dwight Garner, senior writer and book critic

Janet Maslin, book critic

Sarah Harrison Smith, Children’s Book Editor at the New York Times Book Review

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Newark Star-Ledger , Jacqueline Cutler, 1 Star-Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102; 973-392-4040. Web: http://www.starledger.com . Newsroom contacts: http://www.starledger.com/editorial/News.asp . Updated 2/15.

Newsday , 235 Pinelawn Road, Melville NY 11747-4250. Web: http://www.newsday.com . Arts & Entertainment Editor, 2 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York NY 10016-5695; 212-251-6622; Fax: 212-696-0590. Features/Entertainment (Part 2): 631-843-2950; Fax: 631-843-2065. Option: 631-843-4659. Updated 8/12.

Tom Beer, Books Editor. Email: [email protected] .

Aileen Jacobson, Media Writer

The Oregonian , Jeff Baker, Book Editor, 1320 S.W. Broadway, Portland OR 97201-9911; 503-221-8165; 877-238-8221, ext. 8165; Fax: 503-294- 5172. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.oregonlive.com . Editors: http://biz.oregonian.com/newsRoster . Updated 2/11.

Orlando Sentinel , Arts and Entertainment Editor, Books, 633 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando FL 32801; 407-420-5671; main number: 407-420-5000. Web: http://www.orlandosentinel.com . After big papers do a review, send info on the book. They are followers not leaders. Updated 1/15.

Philadelphia Inquirer , John Timpane, Books Editor, 801 Market Street #301, Philadelphia PA 19107; 215-854-2401. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.philly.com . Updated 1/15.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , Tony Norman, Book Review Editor, 34 Boulevard of the Allies (15222), P O Box 566, Pittsburgh PA 15230; 412-263-1601; Tony: 412-263-1631; Fax: 412-391-8452. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.post-gazette.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tonynormanpg . Updated 4/14.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , D. L. Clark Building, 503 Martindale Street, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15212; 412-321-6460. Web: http://www.pittsburghlive.com . They do not have a book review editor but feature reviews from LA Times and Associated Press. Updated 4/14.

Providence Journal-Bulletin , Phil Kukielski, Managing Editor, Features, 75 Fountain Street, Providence RI 02902; 401-277-7000; Fax: 401-277-7346. Email: [email protected] . Send newstips to: [email protected] . Web: http://www.projo.com . Updated 11/12.

NewsReleaseCritiques.com — I see dozens of news releases every day. Few make the grade. Most are uninteresting, unnewsworthy, and product-oriented. What does it take to sell books with a good news release? In a 15-minute phone call, I can give you feedback on your news release to help you make it one that sells books. — John Kremer

Sacramento Bee , Cathie Anderson, Features Editor, 2100 Q Street, P O Box 15779, Sacramento CA 95852; 916-321-1000; Fax: 916-321-1109. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.sacbee.com . Updated 2/09.

“I am a writer in the Sacramento Valley area, and have contacted the Bee numerous times concerning book reviews. The answer has been consistent, if not encouraging: They DO NOT do fiction reviews. They reprint syndicated review columns from Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, et al. in their Ticket section – when they print book reviews at all. If a nonfiction book has some immediate relevance to something going on in Sacra-tomato, they might give it some coverage.”

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch , Jane Henderson, Book Review Editor, 900 N. Tucker Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63101; 314-340-8107; Arts and entertainment: 314-340-8124; Features Fax: 314-340-3080. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.stltoday.com . Her Book Blog: http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/book-blog . Main phone: 314-340-8000. Editors: http://www.stltoday.com/help/contact-us . Updated 8/10.

Salt Lake Tribune , Ellen Weist, Books & Theater Reviews, 90 South 400 West, Salt Lake City UT 84101; 801-257-8742; Fax: 801-257-8525. Opinion fax: 801-257-8515. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.sltrib.com . Staff info: http://www.sltrib.com/pages/staff . Ellen: 801-257-8621. They don’t have an official book page. Few book reviews. Updated 4/14.

San Antonio Express-News , Steve Bennett, Books Editor, 301 Avenue E (78205), P O Box 2171, San Antonio TX 78297-2171; 210-250-3000; City Desk: 201-250-3171; Fax: 210-250-3105. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.mysanantonio.com . Newsroom contacts: http://www.mysanantonio.com/about_us/contact_us/contact_the_newsroom . Maggie Galehouse writes about books; email: maggie.galehouse#chron.com . Updated 5/12.

San Diego Union-Tribune , Robert L. Pincus, Books Editor, P.O. Box 120191, San Diego, CA 92112-0191; 619-293-1321; 800-244-6397; Fax: 619-293-2436. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.uniontrib.com . Also web: http://www.signonsandiego.com . Pincus’s blog: Creative Reading. Updated 2/09.

San Francisco Chronicle , 901 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-777-6258; Fax: 415-957-8737. Web: http://www.sfgate.com . Main phone number: 415-777-1111. Chronicle staff: https://www.sfgate.com/home/article/SFGATE-Staff-15734829.php . SF Chronicle apparently now does two reviews every Sunday. Updated 4/23.

Barbara Lane, Books Columnist. Barbara Lane can’t remember a time when she didn’t have her nose in a book. Her column appears every other Tuesday in Datebook. Email: [email protected] .

San Jose Mercury News , 75 E Santa Clara Street #1100, San Jose CA 95113; 408-920-5000; main fax: 408-288-8060. Email: [email protected] for features and lifestyle stories. Staff contacts: https://www.mercurynews.com/contact-us . Newsroom: 408-920-5444. Updated 6/22.

Letters to the Editor: https://www.mercurynews.com/letters-to-the-editor submission form

Santa Fe New Mexican , Kristina Melcher, Pasatiempo Editor, 202 E Marcy Street (87501), P O Box 2048, Santa Fe NM 87504-2048; 505-995-3878. Main switchboard: 505-983-3303. News: 505-986-3030; Fax: 505-986-9147. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.santafenew mexican.com . Updated 2/09.

Seattle Times , 1000 Denny Way, Seattle WA 98109; P O Box 70, Seattle WA 98111; 206-464-2496; Fax: 206-464-2261. Web: http://www.seattletimes.com . Reviews few independent presses outside region. Editorial staff listing: http://seattletimes.com/flatpages/services/newsroomstaff.html . Updated 9/13.

Mary Ann Gwinn, Books Editor; 206-464-2357. Email: [email protected]

Michael Upchurch, book critic; 206-464-8793

Tampa Bay Times , Colette Bancroft, Book Editor, 490 First Avenue S (33701), P.O. Box 1121, Saint Petersburg FL 33731; 727-893-8435; 800-333-7505. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.tampabay.com . Contact page: http://www.tampabay.com/company/contact-us . Updated 10/15.

Pamela Davis, Staff Writer, HotStuff (in teen section). She reviews YA novels, music, movies, games, etc. of interest to teens. Updated 2/09.

Tampa Tribune , The News Center, 202 S. Parker Street (33606-2395), P.O. Box 191, Tampa, FL 33601-0191; General: 813-259-7711; Newsroom: 813-259-7600. Web: http://www.tampatrib.com . No book news or reviews. Updated 10/15.

Toronto Star , One Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E6 Canada. Web: http://www.thestar.com . Editorial contact: http://www.thestar.com/about/contactus.html#editorial . Updated 4/14.

Jennifer Hunter, Columnist, The Reader. Features Canadian fiction and non-fiction. 416-869-4249. Email: [email protected] . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sjenniferhunter (but not active).

Barbara Carey, Columnist, Poetry. Sporadic reviews of poetry.

Deirdre Baker, Columnist, Small Print. Mini-reviews of books for tots to teens, every other week.>

USA Today ,   7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean VA 22108-0605; 703-854-3400; Fax: 703-854-2053 and 703-854-2049. Email: [email protected] . Web: http://www.usatoday.com . New York bureau: 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York NY 10022. Want to email specific reporters at USA Today ? For those that have email addresses, the following formula works most of the time: [email protected].

While the paper reviews few books (only 5 to 10 on Thursdays), the book editor does make all books she receives available in a small library for other editors to use.

Barbara VanDenburgh, Book Editor. Email: [email protected] . Twitter: https://twitter.com/babsvan

Voice Literary Supplement , Village Voice, 36 Cooper Square, New York NY 10003-4846; 212-475-3300; Fax: 212-475-8944. Email: http://villagevoice.com/feedback/submitSuccess/email . Web: http://www.villagevoice.com . Staff listing: http://www.villagevoice.com/about/staff . Zach Baron, Senior Associate Editor, blogs book reviews.

Wall Street Journal , 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10036; 212-416-2000. Web: http://www.wsj.com . Updated 12/17.

Christopher Carduff, Books Editor

Sam Sacks, Columnist, Fiction Chronicle

Tom Nolan, Columnist, Mysteries

Tom Shippey, Columnist, Science Fiction

Meghan Cox Gurdon, Columnist, Children’s Books

Washington Post , 1150 15th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20071; 202-334-6000; Fax: 202-334-7502. Web: http://www.washingtonpost.com . Editor info: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email . You can email staff members via that web page. The Post also provides a guide to all the DC area bookstores. Updated 12/13.

Steve Levingston, Nonfiction Editor. Now reports to the Outlook section.

Ron Charles, Fiction Editor. Reports to the Style section. Email: [email protected] . Twitter: h ttp://www.twitter.com/roncharles . He also writes and produces his own video blog of book reviews.

Elizabeth Ward, Children’s Books. Email: [email protected] . She reviews many children’s books. She also works at the copy desk for foreign stories.

Washington Times , 3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington DC 20002-1947; Main phone: 202-636-3000. Fax: 202-832-2235. Web: http://www.washingtontimes.com . Updated 2/09.

Carol Herman, Books Editor. Email: [email protected] .

Jennifer Harper, Media Issues Reporter; 202-636-3085. Email: [email protected] . She also covers book publishing. Don’t send review copies. She doesn’t do reviews, but she does cover interesting publishing stories if you have one to tell. Send her information on your innovations.

Westchester Journal-News , One Gannett Drive, White Plains NY 10604; 914-694-9300; Fax: 914-696-8396. Web: http://www.thejournalnews.com . Editors: http://www.thejournalnews.com/about/contactus.html . They don’t have a book editor, but their monthly Mind section features many books and authors. They only review local authors. Updated 7/07.

Mary Dolan, Life&Style Editor; 914-694-5070; Fax: 914-696-8122.

Robert Heisler, Entertainment Editor; 914-694-3507.

Kathy McClusky, Arts/Events Editor; 914-694-5074.

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Thanks for putting this list together which I just stumbled upon. It sure would be great to have an updated version of this list. I had about a 50% success rate in emailing the contacts listed to promote my new commercial real estate tale, “Don’t Sign the Lease! The Tale of a Triumphant Business Owner.” http://www.dontsignthelease.com.

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David Remnick

David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. He has written hundreds of pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Bruce Springsteen, Ralph Ellison, Philip Roth, Benjamin Netanyahu, Leonard Cohen, and Mavis Staples. He also serves as the host of the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, “The New Yorker Radio Hour.”

Remnick began his reporting career in 1982, as a staff writer at the Washington Post , where he covered stories for the Metro, Sports, and Style sections. In 1988, he started a four-year assignment as a Washington Post Moscow correspondent, an experience that formed the basis of his 1993 book, “ Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire .” In 1994, “Lenin’s Tomb” received both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.

Under Remnick’s leadership, The New Yorker has become the country’s most honored magazine. It has won more than fifty National Magazine Awards during his tenure, including multiple citations for general excellence. In 2016, The New Yorker became the first magazine to receive a Pulitzer Prize for its writing, and now has won eight Pulitzers, including the gold medal for public service. Remnick was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2016.

Remnick has written seven books: “ Lenin’s Tomb ,” “ Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia ,” “ King of the World ” (a biography of Muhammad Ali), and “ The Bridge ” (a biography of Barack Obama), along with “ The Devil Problem ,” “ Reporting ,” and “ Holding the Note ,” which are collections of some of his pieces from the magazine. He has also edited or co-edited many anthologies of New Yorker articles, including “ The Matter of Black Lives ,” “ The Fragile Earth ,” “ Life Stories ,” “ Wonderful Town ,” “ The New Gilded Age ,” “ Fierce Pajamas ,” “ Disquiet, Please! ,” and “ Secret Ingredients .”

Remnick has taught at Princeton University, where he received his B.A., in 1981, and at Columbia University. He lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein; they have three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.

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