Overview
I'm an editor with almost twenty years of experience, working for a literary agency, an activist trade press, and a university press. I have also freelanced as a developmental editor. I would be happy to hear from authors interested in sharpening their work so that their passion and their message comes through in their book projects.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Entertainment
History
Law
LGBTQ Non-Fiction
Nature
Political Science & Current Affairs
Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (US)
Awards
- Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction 2008 (The Publishing Triangle)
Work experience
University of Massachusetts Press
Jul, 2009 —
Present
I acquire and edit regional trade titles (New England), scholarly crossover titles, and scholarly monographs in literary studies/book history/print culture, environmental studies, gender & sexuality, and race & ethnicity.
Beacon Press
Aug, 2001 —
Jul, 2008
(almost 7 years)
I acquired and edited activists, including journalists and scholars, focused on issues around the environmental, gender and sexuality, veterans, and the law.
Sayle Literary Agency
Feb, 2000 —
Apr, 2001
(about 1 year)
Assisted in all manner of agenting, including reviewing proposals & manuscripts, submissions to editors, author relations, royalty statements, permissions, and more.
Portfolio
Two weeks after the United States officially entered World War I, Irish American "Bricklayer Bill" Kennedy won the Boston Marathon wearing his stars-and-stripes bandana, rallying the crowd of patriotic spectators. Kennedy became an American hero and, with outr... read more
Life on earth is facing unprecedented challenges from global warming, war, and mass extinctions. The plight of seeds is a less visible but no less fundamental threat to our survival. Seeds are at the heart of the planet's life-support systems. Their power to r... read more
In the early 1970s, Penny Coleman married Daniel, a young Vietnam veteran and fellow photographer. Soon, Daniel became deeply troubled, falling victim to multiple addictions and becoming strangely insecure. He suffered from what we now call posttraumatic stres... read more
In 1948, inspired by changes to federal law, Massachusetts government officials started hatching a plan to build multiple highways circling and cutting through the heart of Boston, making steady progress through the 1950s. But when officials began to hold publ... read more
In Closing the Food Gap, food activist and journalist Mark Winne poses questions too often overlooked in our current conversations around food: What about those people who are not financially able to make conscientious choices about where and how to get food? ... read more
Although Boston today is a vibrant and thriving city, it was anything but that in the years following World War II. By 1950 it had lost a quarter of its tax base over the previous twenty-five years, and during the 1950s it would lose residents faster than any ... read more
Drifting Toward Love tells the stories of Manny, Julius, Carlos, and their friends, young gay men of color desperately searching for life's basic necessities: homes that provide more than shelter and security against more than violence or disease. As these tee... read more
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Feb, 2022
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