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Publishing is a personal story of a writer's hunger to be published, the pursuit of that goal, and then the long haul--for Gail Godwin, forty-five years of being a published writer and all that goes with it. A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1958, Godwin met with Knopf scouts who came to campus every spring in search of new talent. Though her five pages of Windy Peaks were turned down and the novel never completed, she would go on to publish two story collections and fourteen novels, three of which were National Book Award finalists, five of which were New York Times bestsellers.
Publishing reflects on the influence of her mother's writing hopes and accomplishments, and recalls Godwin's experiences with teachers Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Coover at the Iowa Writers' Workshop; with John Hawkins, her literary agent for five decades; with John Irving and other luminaries; and with her editors and publishers. Recollecting her long and storied career, Godwin maps the publishing industry over the last fifty years, a time of great upheaval and ingenuity. Her eloquent memoir is illuminated by Frances Halsband's evocative black-and-white line drawings throughout. There have been memoirs about writing and memoirs about being an editor, but there is no other book quite like Publishing for aspiring writers and book lovers everywhere.
- Sales Rank: #993674 in Books
- Published on: 2015-01-13
- Released on: 2015-01-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.49" h x .84" w x 5.80" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
Review
“Godwin affectionately divulges the various moments, places, and characters in her life that eventually slipped into her 14 novels. These disclosures leave you hungry to reread her oeuvre with the newfound secrets in mind.” ―Entertainment Weekly
“This memoir by the acclaimed, prolific novelist is testament to both her talent and her perseverance.” ―O, the Oprah Magazine
“This is delightful reading.” ―The Boston Globe
“A chronicle of her life as a writer whose career has been boosted and buffeted by the vagaries of the publishing industry. She has made of it a suspenseful account, with . . . emotional depth, too.” ―The Wall Street Journal
“An agile, winning book.” ―USA Today
“A three-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times best-selling author, Godwin offers a valuable memoir for anyone interested in books . . . By allowing the personal to expand outward, she also gives us an overview of publishing in the last tumultuous 50 years.” ―Library Journal
“Engaging . . . captures [publishing's] pleasures and pitfalls.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Avid readers and aspiring writers will find Godwin's generous and spirited ‘meditation on publishing' illuminating and affecting.” ―Booklist
“As a long-time fan of Gail Godwin's fiction--The Odd Woman and Violet Clay happen to be my two favorites--I loved following her insider's experiences with the world of New York publishing (agents, editors, publishing executives, and others) as she matured as a writer from her time at the Iowa Writers' Workshop to the present. Reading Publishing felt like having a long visit with a new friend who's telling you the story of her career. And I so wish that I could read her mother's novel Otherwise Virgins!” ―Nancy Pearl
“An eye-opening look at the reality of what it takes to publish just one novel--or, in Godwin's case, 14.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Memoir enthusiasts, writers working to get published, and readers interested in a gossipy look into the publishing world will enjoy this book.” ―Library Journal
“Publishing, riding its title subject through time, exemplifies Godwin's method--which is to tell stories in a confiding voice, enlarge resonances as much as possible and care for each player caught up in the current of her tale.” ―Asheville Citizen-Times
“While her accounts of writing and publishing are fascinating and amusing, Godwin's central strength is in her utterly charming personality: wise, occasionally self-deprecating and quietly playful.” ―Shelf Awareness
“Publishing is an intimate record of a writer's struggle to publish her work, maintain and develop important contacts and relationships, and sustain a career in the book business. It invokes moments of revelation and a deeper understanding of a writer's life. When such an established and respected author shares her celebratory moments and setbacks, professional upheaval and life passages, the story gives meaning to and renews the creative spirit in us all.” ―Bookreporter.com
“All at once, in Publishing: A Writer's Memoir, Gail Godwin has written for us a history, a how-to guide, a personal journey, and a cautionary tale.” ―Washington Independent Review of Books
“A memoir in the old sense of the term, a story with a scope of five decades written by an author of some renown, a story that deftly dodges current trends of confession and misery and attends to events of modest historical significance. You don't have to be a hungry writer or an aspiring editor to appreciate Publishing. You don't have to have followed Godwin's career as a reader either, though the millions who have will be treated to a look behind the scenes.” ―New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Gail Godwin is the author of fourteen critically acclaimed novels, including Flora, A Mother and Two Daughters, The Good Husband, Evensong, and Father Melancholy's Daughter, as well as The Making of a Writer, volumes one and two, edited by Rob Neufeld. She's received a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment of the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Woodstock, N.Y. www.gailgodwin.com
Frances Halsband is a founding partner of Kliment Halsband Architects in New York City. The firm does master planning and design for schools and universities. They have received the Medal of Honor and the Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects. Frances has served as a commissioner of the New York City landmarks Preservation Commission and as dean of the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute. She did the drawings for Gail Godwin's Evenings at Five.
www.kliment-halsband.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
PUBLISHING invokes moments of revelation and a deeper understanding of a writer’s life.
By Bookreporter
This reviewer has been in the book/publishing business for over 25 years. During this stretch, it has always been a joy to spend time with authors who share details about their publishing journey. Readers can have that opportunity now with Gail Godwin and her latest work, PUBLISHING. With 14 novels and two story collections under her belt (including five New York Times bestsellers), and as a three-time finalist for the National Book Award, she knows of what she writes.
PUBLISHING is a very personal story that begins with Godwin’s early life as a writer. She is raised by a writer, her mother, who sells love stories to magazines and pens plays. They make up and tell stories to each other, sharing the creative experience together. She also gains early insight into the creative struggle by reading her mother’s writing about rejections.
Godwin goes on to tell of her first meeting with publishing scouts from Alfred A. Knopf in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1958 when they come to campus to find writers. Windy Peaks (five typewritten pages) is what she presents to the husband-and-wife editorial team, and she waits while the representatives read the pages. Ultimately, she is told “this isn’t quite right for us” --- familiar words to every writer seeking publication, then and now. Her descriptions of this encounter and what they reveal about a writer’s early journey should be required reading for every writer and publishing professional.
Next, Godwin recalls her studies at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop with Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Coover in the late 1960s. Her classmates include John Irving, who becomes a friend. While working toward her PhD, she sends 48 pages to the young John Hawkins, a literary agent, which marks the beginning of a 50-year agent/author relationship.
In late 1968, Godwin is offered a contract and an advance on a novel. She calls her mother, who comments, “I know what this means, believe me, and you know that I know what it means.” This is a powerful moment for Godwin, the satisfaction that comes from having someone who understands how significant such an accomplishment is. As she is going to meet with the editor who bought the book, she hears that he died of an apparent heart attack the day before. As she says, what a way to begin in publishing! Her editor is dead, and although she has just passed her comprehensives for her PhD, she has no teaching job or savings. Despite the setback, her first novel, THE PERFECTIONISTS, goes on to be published in 1970.
No one ever said it would be easy, but Godwin has been continuously published for 45 years. And does she have stories to tell. There are numerous vignettes and anecdotes about meetings with editors, publishers and going on author tours. She comments on being reviewed and virtually every aspect of an author’s journey. Her stories are not just her personal experiences, they are a lively history of publishing itself.
Godwin also refers to the upheavals that the industry is currently going through, what she calls a publishing dance card. With whom is the author going to enter into a dance? Who will be his or her editor and publishing partner? According to Godwin, in recent years, the industry has been in an intermission. When the music starts up again and the dancers return to the dance floor, how many will show up? Who will be left on the dance floor? There are now observers who look more like outsiders who may not understand or even know the steps. Will their presence change the nature and style of the dance among the author, editor and publisher?
PUBLISHING is an intimate record of a writer’s struggle to publish her work, maintain and develop important contacts and relationships, and sustain a career in the book business. It invokes moments of revelation and a deeper understanding of a writer’s life. When such an established and respected author shares her celebratory moments and setbacks, professional upheaval and life passages, the story gives meaning to and renews the creative spirit in us all.
Reviewed by Jennifer McCord.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Poignant Insights from a Literary Powerhouse
By Susan Dormady Eisenberg
I bought the Kindle version of Ms. Godwin's memoir yesterday and devoured it in one day. She has been a literary role model for me since I read her first novel, THE PERFECTIONISTS, in the 1970s, and learning about her struggles and reversals in the recent past has helped me view the publishing climate in a clearer light. I was delighted with her descriptions of her creative process, namely the way her approach to writing changed after the death of her partner, composer Robert Starer. And I enjoyed the glimpses she offered into characters in her many rich novels. Despite the difficulties of the current marketplace, I hope Ms. Godwin never stops writing fiction. I think that any serious reader would enjoy her slim but poignant memoir.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
The Graces and Hazards of the Publishing World
By Paula Cappa Reviews
This book is a fascinating peek inside the graces and hazards of the publishing world at a time when we had to find pay phone booths on the streets to make a call. Gail Godwin’s ‘struggling’ writing life began at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop with Kurt Vonnegut as her teacher. What a start, right? Partners on her publishing dance card, as she describes it, were names Robert Gottlieb, David Segal, Harvey Ginsberg, Nancy Miller, agent John Hawkins to name a few. Not a bad group to have in your camp in the 1970s/1980s. As a struggling writer myself with two novels out in the indie world, I can say Godwin’s early years will make any aspiring author emerald green with envy. Her fans will enjoy it immensely. Writers will find a map here of writer/publisher relationships. In this book, Godwin addresses her trials and joys with agents, publishers, and editors and how they affected her stories, her writing, and book sales. I especially enjoyed the time she spent on editors’ cuts to the manuscripts—how to differentiate between an editor’s desire to improve a book vs. the author’s desire to protect the vision and integrity of the work. Her chapter on Reviews is inspiring: Ginsberg’s advice to her on bad reviews is “If a review makes you wish you had done something differently, file it away. If not, toss it.” Which of her fourteen novels is Godwin’s favorite failure (termed a publishing failure)? You can find out on page 93. I was shocked.
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