I love poetry; it's my primary literary interest, and I suppose the kind of reading you do when you are reading poems - close reading - can carry over into how you read other things. Jonathan Galassi carrycloseinterest Change image and share on social
I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement. Jonathan Galassi agentauthorbook share on social
I feel that there is not an endlessly expandable universe of fiction readers. Jonathan Galassi endlesslyexpandablefeel Change image and share on social
A publisher - and I write as one - does far more than print and sell a book. It selects, nurtures, positions and promotes the writer's work. Jonathan Galassi booknurtureposition Change image and share on social
I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow. Jonathan Galassi acknowledgebreakline Change image and share on social
I wanted to be involved with literature. I certainly wasn't going to be able to write for a living, and I didn't have enough confidence in my talent to think that I should be just doing that. Publishing seemed like fun to me - to be involved with writers. And it did turn out to be. Jonathan Galassi confidencefuninvolve share on social
I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings. Jonathan Galassi dealdeepfeeling Change image and share on social
Everything is different - except for publishing itself: getting hold of an amazing author, working to make his or her book the best and best-looking it can be, telling the world. Jonathan Galassi amazeauthorbook Change image and share on social
An e-book distributor is not a publisher, but rather a purveyor of work that has already been created. Jonathan Galassi bookcreatedistributor Change image and share on social
The FSG story starts to lose its fairy-tale aura when filthy lucre invades the sacred enclosure, as it did ubiquitously in the every-man-for-himself Reagan era. Jonathan Galassi auraenclosureera Change image and share on social