After the writer John Updike received his first check from The New Yorker magazine, he wrote to the-then fiction editor, Katherine White: “Thank you very much for the kind and hopeful words. And the check didn’t seem at all small to me. It seems huge, and the honor of appearing in The New Yorker looms titanic.”
Fifty years after the young Updike received his check, the New Yorker remains the gateway to literary fame. So, meet the new gatekeeper. Deborah Treisman, the new fiction editor at the New Yorker. At age 33, she is also the youngest person to hold that post. Her job: to decide which writers will have their work appear in that oh-so-classic typeface.
Guests:
Deborah Treisman, fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine
Daniel Alarcon, 26-year old writer featured in the June 16 & 23, 2003 Debut Fiction issue of the magazine — with his story, “City of Clowns.”