2009 – Page 4 – Peace Corps Worldwide

Looking For An Agent? The “V” List

Nov 11 2009

Valentino, Ralph Cambridge Literary Associates 25 Green Street Newburyport, MA 01950 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Memoirs, Reference, Art, Religion/Spirituality, Science, Business/Investing www.cambridgeliterary.com Van Nostrand Samuel French 45 West 25th Street New York, NY 10010 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Art, Lifestyle, arrative Fiction, Religion/Spirituality, Business/Investing www.samuelfrench.com VanAuken, Lisa Creative Media 240 W. 35th St., Suite 500 New York NY 10001 Reference, General Non-Fiction, Business/Investing assistantcma@aol.com www.thecmagency.com Vance, Lisa ERBACH AARON M. PRIEST LITERARY 708 Third Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10017 Mystery/Crime, Thriller LEVance@aaronpriest.com www.aaronpriest.com Vicinanza, Ralph Ralph Vicinanza Agency 111 8th Avenue, Suite 1501 New York, NY 10011 Graphic Novel ralphvic@aol.com Vigliano, David Vigliano Associates 584 Broadway, Suite 809 New York, NY 10012 Memoir, Advice/Relationships, Pop Culture, Health, Business/Investing/Finance www.viglianoassociates.com Voges, Liza Pulitzer Kirchoff/Wohlberg 866 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Children’s www.kirchoffwohlberg.com

Looking For An Agent? The “T” List

Nov 10 2009

Targ, Roslyn Roslyn Targ Literary Agency 105 West 13th Street, 15 E. New York, NY 10011 General Fiction, History, Mystery, Thriller roslyntarg@aol.com Tasman, Alice Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency 216 East 75th Street New York, NY 10021 Children’s, Memoirs atasman@jvnla.com http://www.jvnla.com Teal, Patricia Patricia Teal Literary Agency 2036 Vista Del Rose Fullerton, CA 92631 Reference, Biography, Memoirs tealblue@mainstation.com Tenney, Craig Harold Ober Associates 425 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10017 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Memoirs, Reference, Science, Health, Business/Investing, Graphic Novels, Children’s, Art, Mystery, Thriller tenney@haroldober.com http://www.haroldober.com Thixton, Robert Pinder Lane and Brooke 159 West 53rd St., Suite 14-E New York, NY 10019 General Fiction, Reference, Art PinderL@interport.net Thoma, Geri Elaine Markson Literary Agency 44 Greenwich Avenue New York, NY 10011 General Fiction, Biography, Memoirs, Reference, (Science, History, Politics/Current Affairs litworks@aol.com Thompson, Rosalie Heacock Literary Agency. 707 Seventh St. Tularosa, NM 88352 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, . . .

RPCV Of A Lesser God

Nov 10 2009

Back in 2004 John Perkins (Ecuador 1968-71) published Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.It became something of a best seller, this story of his life and the conspiracies he was part of around the world after his Peace Corps years. Now John is back with a new book, Hoodwinked. It is out today. The book John says is “by far the most important book I have written.” This is his fourth book. Here is what John has Hoodwinked is all about: It provides the facts – and many personal stories from economic hit men, jackals, business execs, politicians, and educators – behind the following Eight Key points: 1. The US – in fact the world – has been stolen by the very wealthy and powerful, the corporatocracy. 2. This has created a failed system – unsustainable, unjust, unstable, dangerous. 3. The cause is a mutant, viral form of capitalism – what I call “Predatory Capitalism” that began with President Reagan and . . .

Policy Makers and International Volunteers Convene In Washington, D.C., To Forge New Partnerships And Advance National Policies For Volunteer Service and Citizen Diplomacy

Nov 07 2009

Partners of the Americas, the International Volunteering Project at Brookings, and the Building Bridges Coalition will host the 2009 Higher Education & International Volunteer Service Conference on November 12-13, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The conference will drive efforts for assessing and influencing national policies related to service, study abroad programs and service learning, and citizen diplomacy. The first day of the conference will conclude with a special Capitol Hill Reception in the Hart Senate Office Building hosted by Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.). The reception will celebrate international volunteer service and recognize legislative leaders for their contributions. WHO: Partners of the Americas, the International Volunteering Project at Brookings, and the Building Bridges Coalition. Invited speakers include: Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.); Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio); Judith McHale, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy; Aaron Williams, Director, Peace Corps ; John Bridgeland, President and CEO, Civic Enterprises; Senator Harris Wofford, former senator from . . .

Looking For An Agent? The “S” List

Nov 07 2009

Sagalyn, Raphael Raphael Sagalyn, Inc. 4825 Bethesda Ave., Ste. 302 Bethesda, MD 20814 General Non-Fiction, Science www.sagalyn.com Sanders, Victoria Victoria Sanders and Associates 241 Ave. of the Americas, Suite 11H New York, NY 10014 History/Politics/Current Affairs, Women’s/Romance, Children’s www.victoriasanders.com Schlessinger, Charles Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents 1501 Broadway New York, NY 10036 General Fiction, Reference, Art, Mystery, Thrillers, Religion/Spirituality, Biography, Memoirs, Science, Health, Parenting, Children’s, Business/Investing/Finance, Romance, Sports, Sci-Fi/Fantasy cschlessiger@bromasite. Schmalz, Wendy Wendy Schmalz PO Box 831 Hudson, NY 12534 Children’s books wendy@schmalzagency.com http://www.schmalzagency.com Schmidt, Harold Harold Schmidt 343 West 12th St., Suite 1B New York, NY 10014 General Fiction, Reference, Pop Culture hslanyc@aol.com Schneider, Deborah Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents 250 West 57th St., Ste. 2515 New York, NY 10107 Thriller, Memoirs, Humor, Mystery/Crime, deborah@gelfmanschneider.com Schulman, Susan Susan Schulman Literary Agency 2 Bryan Plaza Washington Depot, CT 06794 Memoirs www.schulmanagency.com Seldes, Timothy Russell and Volkening 50 West 29th Street New . . .

Looking For An Agent? The “R” List

Nov 06 2009

Raihofer, Susan David Black Literary Agency 156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 608 New York, NY 10010 History/Politics/Current Affairs, Parenting, How-To, Memoirs, Sports, Business/Investing/Finance, Lifestyle, Reference, Biography, Religion/Spirituality, Narrative Non-Fiction, Advice/Relationships sraihofer@dblackagency.com Raines, Theron Raines and Raines Author 103 Kenyon Road Medusa, NY 12120 History/Politics/Current Affairs, Thriller rainesbook@aol.com Ramer, Susan Don Congdon Associates, Inc. 156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625 New York, NY 10010 General Fiction, Reference, Biography, Memoir, History, Children’s, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller sramer@doncongdon.com Reamer , Jodi Writers House 21 W. 26th St. New York NY 10010 Thriller, Children’s jreamer@writershouse.com www.writershouse.com Rees, Helen Helen Rees Literary Agency 13 N. Washington St., 5th Fl. Boston, MA 02114 Reference, General Non-Fiction, Business/Investing helen@reesagency.com www.reesagency.com Regal, Joseph Regal Literary 52 Warfield St. Montclair, NJ 07043 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy joe@regal-literary.com http://www.regal-literary.com Rein, Jody Jody Rein Books 7741 S. Ash Court Littleton, CO 80122 General Fiction www.jodyreinbooks.com/jr.html Reingold, Anne The Marton Agency, Inc. 1 Union . . .

RPCV John Givens on literary journals, part two

Nov 06 2009

In late Septemer of this year, TriQuarterly, one of the most respected print literary journals, announced that it was converting to an online format. TriQuarterly’s blog currently offers subscribers a chance to purchase the “last three issues of TriQuarterly in print.” It’s only one journal; but this feels like a big deal, particularly in today’s world of Kindles and eBooks and POD. Evergreen Review, one of the greatest and most provocative of literary journals, began life as a trade paperback, shifted to glossy magazine format, and ceased publication in 1973. In 1998, it was resurrected as an online journal and pushes ahead today with new content as well as reprinting great work from its past. For the sake of this discussion, we can divide the world of literary journals into three permutations, with some overlap: Print journals that require hard-copy submissions by snail-mail. The old stalwarts we’ve always known include: . . .

RPCV John Givens on Literary Journals — part one

Nov 05 2009

John Givens (Korea 1967–69) was born in Northern California, got his BA in English literature at the California State University Fresno and his MFA in creative writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, where he was a Teaching/Writing Fellow. After his Peace Corps tour, he studied language and art in Kyoto for four years; and he worked as a writer & editor in Tokyo for eight years. For fifteen years, Givens was a creative director and branding consultant for advertising agencies in New York then San Francisco. He has published three novels in the US: Sons of the Pioneers, A Friend in the Police, and Living Alone; short stories have appeared in various journals. His non-fiction publications include A Guide to Dublin Bay: Mirror to the City and Irish Walled Towns, both published by The Liffey Press in Dublin. He is currently finishing The Plantain Manner, a long novel set in . . .

RPCV Mike Meyer Interviewed “Live” On Galleycat

Nov 04 2009

If you are at all interested in writing and publishing, check out mediabistro.com and also the video reporting done by Jason Boog (Guatemala 2000-02) who works for Galleycat and (mailer@mediabistro.com). Jason has a piece up today, plus video, of Mike Meyer (China 1995-97) where Mike is saying, “I think it’s usually a good time to write a book when you go to the library or the bookstore and the book you want to read isn’t there.” Mike, as you know, was one of the ten writers honored at the 25th annual Whiting Writers’ Award last week. GalleyCat prowled the aisles of the Award winners dinner interviewing a number of the winners about their writing lives, the recession, and the future of literature. The ten recipients each took home a $50,000 award for their literary efforts. Listen and look at Mike talk about writing, and read what Jason has to say. You’ve got to love . . .

And the winner of the Best Memoir from Asia and The South Pacific Is . . .

Nov 04 2009

The handful of Peace Corps countries on the ‘eastern rim’ has generated a number of books that rate at the top of any list of ‘good’ Peace Corps novels and memoirs. Right up there are books that deserve to be read again, including Roland Merullo’s (Micronesia 1979-81) novel, Leaving Losapas, and P.F. Kluge’s (Micronesia 1967-69) memoir The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia. Many of you have read, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze River by Peter Hessler (China 1996-98) and another member of the “China Gang,” Mike Meyer’s (China 1995-97) author of The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed. The Peace Corps goes back a long way in this region. The Philippines and Thailand were among the very first Peace Corps countries. From this region, Peace Corps writers have produced many historical books (maybe this is where all the smart PCVs were sent?) but . . .

Looking For An Agent? The “P” List

Nov 03 2009

Pabley, Sonia Gersh Agency 41 Madison Ave., floor 33 New York, NY 10010 Memoir, Advice/Relationships, Mystery/Crime, info@gershla.com http://www.gershagency.com Panettieri, Gina Talcott Notch 276 Forest Rd. Milford CT 06460 Advice/Relationships, Parenting, Children’s, Business/Investing/Finance gpanettieri@talcottnotch.net www.talcottnotch.net Pantano, Merry Blanche C. Gregory, Inc. 2 Tudor City Place New York, NY 10017 General Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Reference, Religion/Spiritual bcgliteraryagent@aol.com www.bcgliteraryagency.com Park, Theresa Park Literary Group 270 Lafayette St., suite 1504 New York, NY 10012 Biography Parkliterary.com Parks, Richard Richard Parks Agency 138 East 16th St., Suite 5B New York, NY 10003 Mystery/Crime, Narrative Fiction rp@richardparksagency.com www.richardparksagency.com Paul, Alexia Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc. 156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 617 New York, NY 10010 General Fiction, Reference, History, gen.office@jhlitagent.com www.globallit.com Peterson, Laura Blake Curtis Brown Ltd. 10 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 Thriller LBP@CBltd.com Picard, Alison J. Alison J. Picard, Literary Agent P.O. Box 2000 Cotuit MA 02635 How-To, Children’s ajpicard@aol.com Pinkus, Samuel Mcintosh and Otis, . . .

Where Did All My Royalties Go?

Nov 03 2009

The other day my wife purchased a Kindle (there goes civilization as we know it) and also bought several books, one for $1.59. Thinking like any writer, I asked, “what kind of royalties does that author get from a book selling for $1.59 on a Kindle?” We asked a good friend who is in the book business about e-book royalties from selling a book on a Kindle and her email reply was: “The writer’s agent should have negotiated an e-rights royalty which is less than the standard hard cover 12 1/2 percent but is based on the wholesale price which is surely higher than Amazon charges. This is what’s making publishers nuts. For the time being Amazon is charging these low prices. A loss leader to sell their devices. But in the long run they’ll probably raise prices. Publishers would prefer that Amazon spend energy selling print books.” Ain’t that the truth!

RPCV Peter Hessler on New York Marathon Winner Eritrean Meb Keflezighi

Nov 02 2009

Check out The New Yorker on line today and the piece by Peter Hessler (China 1996-98) who is also a serious runner, writing about the surprise winner of the New Yrok Marathon on Sunday, an American named Meb Keflezighi who happens to be from Eritrea. November 2, 2009 Last year, Meb Keflezighi’s Olympic dreams ended on the Fourth of July. Nobody would have predicted that a year later he would win the New York City Marathon. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, where I interviewed him for my article on American long-distance runners, he finished thirteenth in the ten thousand metres, nearly a full minute behind the winner. Eight months earlier, at the marathon trials in New York City, he had also failed to make the team. He was thirty-three years old, and he suffered from nagging injuries; most people in the sport believed that his best races were . . .

Togo RPCV George Packer has a new book

Nov 02 2009

Interesting Times: Writing from a Turbulent Decade by George Packer (Togo 1982–83) is published this month from Farrar Straus Giroux. It comes out on November 17, but the book is in stores now. Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, which was named one of the ten best books of 2005 by The New York Times Book Review. He is the author of two novels, The Half Man and Central Square, and two works of nonfiction, The Village of Waiting, which is his Peace Corps memoir, and Blood of the Liberals, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the 2001 Peace Corps Writers Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award. His play Betrayed, based on a New Yorker article, won the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Off-Broadway Play. His reporting has also won four Overseas Press Club . . .

Publishing On The Net

Nov 02 2009

John Givens (Korea 1967-69), a graduate of the Iowa Writers Program who spent many years working in Japan and now lives in Ireland, is the author of a half dozen novels and books of non-fiction. He is also writing a 17-century Japanese novel, several sections of which have already been published online. The latest section is entitled Night Train and can be found at the URL: http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/givens_9_2.php John writes us, “Although great old print journals such as The Paris Review or Granta or Conjunctions are still attractive, the future does seem to be digital. TriQuarterly has recently announced that it is converting to an online format next year. One of the nice things about digital journals is that they accept email submissions or submissions through a dedicated online submissions manager. Most also will read simultaneous submissions. This makes them easy to approach, and they are obviously inundated with manuscripts, resulting in . . .

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