Comments on: Priorities http://conversationalreading.com/priorities/ Since 2004. The blog of the critic, writer, and editor, Scott Esposito Wed, 23 May 2012 13:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ted http://conversationalreading.com/priorities/#comment-5362 Ted Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:08:09 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=8579#comment-5362 Harper's is rife with career, established authors. Robert Coover is a god, but typical of Harper's choices. The Jualvits piece was a surprise to me, but I liked it, not a usual response from me for her. The larger problem lies in the limited choices of major journals/magazines that publish short stories - Harper's, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, maybe Playboy. What else? A sad state of affairs for writers in the market. Harper’s is rife with career, established authors. Robert Coover is a god, but typical of Harper’s choices. The Jualvits piece was a surprise to me, but I liked it, not a usual response from me for her. The larger problem lies in the limited choices of major journals/magazines that publish short stories – Harper’s, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, maybe Playboy. What else? A sad state of affairs for writers in the market.

]]> By: Neil http://conversationalreading.com/priorities/#comment-5361 Neil Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:57:17 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=8579#comment-5361 That kind of reminds of the Paris Review controversy. Where someone's work is accepted, only for a new editor to nix it. I enjoyed Coover's short story from a month ago, but overall I agree with your opinion on Harper's. I hope Ms. DeWitt continues to be a presence here, once we start her book! That kind of reminds of the Paris Review controversy. Where someone’s work is accepted, only for a new editor to nix it.
I enjoyed Coover’s short story from a month ago, but overall I agree with your opinion on Harper’s.

I hope Ms. DeWitt continues to be a presence here, once we start her book!

]]> By: Helen DeWitt http://conversationalreading.com/priorities/#comment-5360 Helen DeWitt Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:16:57 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=8579#comment-5360 Er, I don't think Wyatt meant that you had to have an agent to get published in Harper's; I <i>think</i> his point was that you could not count on people to be efficient without an agent to chase them. That does often seem to be the case, though Deb Treisman at the New Yorker has always been a miracle of efficiency and I've never dealt with her through an agent. Er, I don’t think Wyatt meant that you had to have an agent to get published in Harper’s; I think his point was that you could not count on people to be efficient without an agent to chase them. That does often seem to be the case, though Deb Treisman at the New Yorker has always been a miracle of efficiency and I’ve never dealt with her through an agent.

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