Influential Women in Publishing
February 16, 2010 by Shoshana Kleiman
Filed under Uncategorized, women heros, women publishers
I always face this moment when I’m supposed to be blogging about the great and wonderful world of publishing. There are so many out there that speak so eloquently and engagingly that I have a hard time thinking my writing stands up in comparison. There is, however, one area that no one has yet entered [...]
Why is The Huffington Post Important to Today’s Publishing Reality?
February 14, 2010 by Shoshana Kleiman
Filed under women publishers
Three years ago The Huffington Post, barely out of its incubator, was brushed off as a casual, digital hobby of Arianna Huffington.
By February 2010 The Huffington Post had 3.7 million unique visitors (Nielson Online). Technorati, the premiere blog search tool, has the Huffington Post as the second most linked to blog, second to TechCrunch.
The Huffington [...]
More Memories of Bernard Malamud
February 11, 2010 by Joseph Kaufman
Filed under Joseph Kaufman
As a senior at Bennington College, I fumbled around for a post-graduation plan which would allow me to write. I observed Mr. Malamud closely then, as if to construct some tableau of sustaining memory of what a real writer looked and acted like before being condemned to real-life writing wilderness: his narrow, almost Arab moustache, [...]