Editorial presence

The late Ted Solotaroff — one of the most important literary editors of the ’60s and ’70s — visited us in 2003. He had recently published his very frank memoir, First Loves. He had been an editor of Commentary and the editor of Bookweek before he founded the influential literary journal New American Review. He is the author of The Red-Hot Vacuum, A Few Good Voices in My Head, and First Loves: A Memoir. He taught at the University of Chicago, Yale, Columbia, the City College of New York, and the University of California at Berkeley. He lived in East Quogue, Long Island, and in Paris.

It was in the pages of the New American Review where I found Max Apple’s amazing short fiction for the first time. Even then, as I handled the paperback-sized magazine for the first time, I had a sense of Solotaroff’s editorial presence. It was strong and clear somehow.

[] Solotaroff at the Writers House: LINK

[] Audio recording of his talk: LINK

[] New York Times obit: LINK