Brian Murray

Jane Friedman Gets 'Perklempt' At Hall-of-Mirrors 'Transitioning' Party

Jane Friedman Mask
Jane Friedman Mask

It was a small party on Steve Rubin's roof last night, not a big party. Just two "civilians" there, as Jane Friedman, the guest of honor, put it—everyone else was either a publishing executive, an editor, a high-powered literary agent, or a member of her family.

Bob Miller, head of the Harper Studio imprint at the publishing house Ms. Friedman ran until a few months ago, said that if you bombed the terrace, "you'd lose the entire industry."

For Ms. Friedman, it was really just about friendship. Almost everyone who came, she said, except for the publicist Matthew Hiltzik, she'd known for over 20 years.  read more »

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Chekhov is such a lovely writer, isn't he? I think, feeling foolish: Where would we be without him?  read more »