You can see that the New York Times Book Review is run by people who love books and why they take extra care to make sure what they recommend is worthy of their audience’s time. Once the reviews are fact-checked, copy editors write headlines, credits, and more before the review goes to press. Paul states that fact-checking is very important for them because while you can disagree with a book review, you shouldn’t distrust it. They really love books and are doing exactly what they want to be doing,” she says.Īll NY Times book reviews are fact-checked for accuracy. “The kind of people that work at the Book Review are always excited to check out a book. Paul was asked whether critics ever get tired of looking at books. Since we view books as a form of art, we strive to recognize innovation and diversity,” Paul explains. We’re always on the lookout for new and interesting voices. “Only 1% of all the books we receive make the cut. While one book’s look lasts a few seconds, another book gets read cover to cover. The type of look each book gets, however, varies. Believe it or not, all the books, except for self-published books, receive some kind of look by a staff of critics and freelance reviewers. She explained that the New York Times receives hundreds of books that would like to get reviewed each day. “We love the publishing industry and we support what they do, but really we are here for readers.” Pamela Paul, Editor, NY Times Book Review So, how does the New York Times Book Review select books to review? Good question! Pamela Paul, who’s been the New York Times Book Review editor since 2013 sat down with FOX 5 NY to shed some light on this very common question. If your book gets reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, you’re almost guaranteed an increase in sales and publicity. You can expect to dish out even more if you’re a major publisher. A one-fifth page ad in the Book Review will cost a whopping $8,830 for small presses. It’s a weekly paper magazine that comes with the Sunday New York Times, which has a circulation of 1.5 million. This is no surprise as the New York Times Book Review is one of the most prominent book review publications out there. One way to do it is to get reviewed by the New York Times Book Review. Many have one goal in common: To become a New York Times bestselling author. "We could not take the risk.New Behind-the-Scenes Story by FOX-5 NY Sheds Light on the Meticulous ProcessĪs a book publicist, I talk to authors and clients on a daily basis. Belle was cut off from her beloved extended family in DC: "Once Mama made the decision that we would live as white," she says. Paying a price for a new lifeīut as Benedict and Murray show, there was a terrible cost to maintaining that façade. As the literal face of the library, Belle became a power in her own right, courted by art dealers, embraced by the socially powerful, profiled as an elegant careerist at a time when working women were rare. And indeed, the Morgan Library became known as a private collection of rare books, manuscripts and art that competed with esteemed public institutions such as the British Museum. Belle could provide an important missing link: context. He knew that under her astute eye his collection would be more than an assortment of rarities only one of the world's richest men could acquire. Passing as white causes a family splitīelle became a power in her own right, courted by art dealers, embraced by the socially powerful, profiled as an elegant careerist at a time when working women were rare.Īs the two began to work closely together, Morgan came to trust Belle's vision and expertise. As the personal librarian to financier J.P.Morgan, she pursued and curated a collection of rare books, manuscripts and art that became world-renowned. Their heroine, Belle Da Costa Greene, was one of the most prominent career women of her time. I wouldn't be me.Īnd that, basically, is at the crux of The Personal Librarian, a new novel by Heather Terrell (writing as Marie Benedict) and Victoria Christopher Murray. At several points in childhood and as an adult, I've loved the notion of being rich, but being white? I cannot imagine it.
"Deep down, all Black people want to be white." I heard that in a social psychology class, repeated as if it were a truism.
NYTIMES BOOK REVIEW MOVIE
From Nella Larsen's 1929 classic, Passing, to the original Imitation of Life (the 1934 movie starred the incomparable Fredi Washington as Peola, the little girl who wanted to be white) to Britt Bennett's 2020 novel The Vanishing Half, the notion of a Black person posing as white to escape her Blackness just felt. I have a confession: I am not a fan of the passing trope.
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