{"product_id":"the-editor-how-publishing-legend-judith-jones-shaped-culture-in-america-hardcover","title":"The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara B. Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography.\" --Edward Hirsch, critic and author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLegendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century--including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath--finally gets her due in this intimate biography.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday's Paris office in 1949, she spent most of her time wading through manuscripts in the slush pile and passing on projects--until one day, a book caught her eye. She read it in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, \u003ci\u003eAnne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl \u003c\/i\u003ebecame a bestseller. It was the start of a culture-defining career in publishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring her more than fifty years as an editor at Knopf, Jones nurtured the careers of literary icons such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Tyler, and John Updike, and helped launched new genres and trends in literature. At the forefront of the cookbook revolution, she published the who's who of food writing: Edna Lewis, M.F.K. Fisher, Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard, and, most famously, Julia Child. Through her quiet and tenacious work behind the scenes, Jones helped turn these authors into household names, changing cultural mores and expectations along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith's work spanned decades of America's most dramatic cultural change--from the end of World War II through the Cold War, from the civil rights movement to the fight for women's equality--and the books she published acted as tools of quiet resistance. Now, her astonishing career is explored for the first time. Based on exclusive interviews, never-before-seen personal papers, and years of research, \u003ci\u003eThe Editor\u003c\/i\u003e tells the riveting behind-the-scenes narrative of how stories are made, finally bringing to light the audacious life of one of our most influential tastemakers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara B. Franklin is a writer, teacher, and oral historian. She received a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholars grant for her research on Judith Jones, and teaches courses on food, writing, embodied culture, and oral history at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Editor\u003c\/i\u003e, the editor of \u003ci\u003eEdna Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenicia Diner Cookbook.\u003c\/i\u003e She holds a PhD in Food Studies from NYU and studied documentary storytelling at both the Duke Center for Documentary Studies and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She lives with her children in Kingston, New York. Find out more at SaraBFranklin.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748307501344,"sku":"9781982134341","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8fd48a9b18b54f5765354dcbb7be949.webp?v=1779907839","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-editor-how-publishing-legend-judith-jones-shaped-culture-in-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}