{"product_id":"the-literary-mafia-jews-publishing-and-postwar-american-literature-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\"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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBad Jews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300251425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Josh Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159494070453,"sku":"9780300251425","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_175b4b6f-194f-4aec-979c-1c37b94b1566.jpg?v=1653968733","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-literary-mafia-jews-publishing-and-postwar-american-literature-9780300251425","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}