{"product_id":"the-literary-mafia-josh-lambert-9780300251425","title":"The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitous\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Readers with an interest in the industry will find plenty of insights.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"From the very first page, this book is funnier and more gripping than a book on publishing has any right to be. Anyone interested in America's intellectual or Jewish history must read this, and anyone looking for an engrossing story should.\"--Emily Tamkin, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Jews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the 1960s and 1970s, complaints about a \"Jewish literary mafia\" were everywhere. Although a conspiracy of Jews colluding to control publishing in the United States never actually existed, such accusations reflected a genuine transformation from an industry notorious for excluding Jews to one in which they arguably had become the most influential figures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Josh Lambert examines the dynamics between Jewish editors and Jewish writers; how Jewish women exposed the misogyny they faced from publishers; and how children of literary parents have struggled with and benefited from their inheritances. Drawing on interviews and tens of thousands of pages of letters and manuscripts, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e offers striking new discoveries about celebrated figures such as Lionel Trilling and Gordon Lish, and neglected fiction by writers including Ivan Gold, Ann Birstein, and Trudy Gertler. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the end, we learn how the success of one minority group has lessons for all who would like to see American literature become more equitable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josh Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300251424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300251425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.14w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2022 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Josh Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945461678335,"sku":"9780300251425","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d4ca912a-e21c-478e-ba95-12f7bc8db891.jpg?v=1681508432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-literary-mafia-josh-lambert-9780300251425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}