The Archives: Susan Sontag
“It is difficult, as you know, to create interest in new writers.” -FSG letter introducing Susan Sontag’s first book, 1963 FSG has published Susan Sontag since her debut novel The Benefactor. Here are...
View ArticleThe Archives: Alice McDermott
A few months before Charming Billy‘s publication in December 1997, Alice McDermott recorded a brief interview about the novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux then distributed the audio – on cassette –......
View ArticleThe Archives: Isaac Bashevis Singer
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of The Magician of Lublin, Lorin Stein, the editor of the Paris Review, wrote a short introduction to the FSG reissue for reviewers... The post The Archives:...
View ArticleThe Archives: Mark Strand Reads Joseph Brodsky
We’ve noticed a surge of interest in Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky centered around the recent New York Times article “Venice in Winter” and the use of poetry as travel guide.... The post The Archives:...
View ArticleA Few of Rosamond Bernier’s Lives
It’s easy to be simultaneously envious of and seduced by Rosamond Bernier’s life. She’s struck friendships with seemingly every great artist of the 20th century, from Braque to Picasso, Bourgeois......
View ArticleThe Archives: Denis Johnson and Train Dreams
Though Train Dreams has only recently been issued in hardcover, many readers first read it in the Summer 2002 issue of The Paris Review. And what an issue: Johnson’s novella shared... The post The...
View ArticleLeonard Michaels: Writing About Myself
Leonard Michaels (1933–2003) was the author of Going Places, I Would Have Saved Them If I Could, and The Men’s Club, among other books. FSG recently published his Collected Stories... The post Leonard...
View ArticleThe Archives: I. B. Singer
FSG has published Isaac Bashevis Singer’s works for over fifty years, including The Magician of Lublin, Gimpel the Fool, and his Collected Stories. As you can imagine, there’s a wealth... The post The...
View ArticleThe Best Book in the FSG Backlist
by Dan Piepenbring Three years ago, I was browsing a used bookstore in West Saugerties, NY when I came across an anomaly from FSG’s past. It was published in 1974.... The post The Best Book in the FSG...
View ArticleDesigning The Towers of Trebizond
by Charlotte Strick Part of my job as Farrar, Straus and Giroux’s Paperback Art Director is the repackaging of books from our illustrious backlist. Rose Macaulay’s The Towers of Trebizond... The post...
View ArticleEditorial Minutes, January 1974
From the Archives “As one who has been around FSG for a very long time, I often find treasures of our past. Among the memorabilia are brass stamping dies which... The post Editorial Minutes, January...
View ArticleTransfixed by Celebrity
Van Vechten was transfixed by celebrity. As a small boy he collected autographs and pasted photos of actresses into his scrapbooks; as an adult he dropped names shamelessly, and made lists in his...
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