In this episode, we’re talking with Amy Reading, author of The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, about why a PhD is helpful background for writing literary non-fiction, and how that background helps us skillfully cold-call agents; the importance of understanding how your book fits in with comparable works; how and why she ended up writing a bigger book than she expected; finding a writing community; why a biography always takes longer than we think; and why it’s worthwhile to reach out to the writers we admire.
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