Justin Alvarez - Editor
Experienced writer, editor, and publisher with a special focus on literary projects.
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Overview
I have ten years of experience managing content strategy and editing for top-tier brands and publications, including Lucky Peach, The Paris Review, and Guernica magazine.
Services
Languages
English (US)
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic
Literary Fiction
Short Story
Work experience
Publisher
Lucky Peach
December, 2014
–
December, 2015
(12 months)
Managed business operations, revenue, and market position for the food media company.
Digital Director
The Paris Review
May, 2012
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December, 2014
(over 2 years)
Managed digital operations for the quarterly print magazine, The Paris Review online, and The Paris Review Foundation.
Portfolio (16 selected works)
Lucky Peach is a quarterly journal of food and writing. Each issue focuses on a single theme and explores that theme through essays, art, photography, and recipes.Lucky Peach #17 investigates our most important meal of the day, BREAKFAST. Contributions include profiles of coffee pioneer George Howell, Cosme chef Daniela Soto-Innes, and Stephen Tanner of The Commodore and El Cortez; Adam Leith ... read more
Lucky Peach is a quarterly journal of food and writing. Each issue focuses on a single theme, and explores that theme through essays, art, photography, and recipes.
Lucky Peach is a quarterly journal of food and writing. Each issue focuses on a single theme, and explores that theme through essays, art, photography, and recipes.
Lucky Peach is a quarterly journal of food and writing. Each issue focuses on a single theme, and explores that theme through essays, art, photography, and recipes.
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The "Paris Review" is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadershi... read more
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The Paris Review, Summer 2013 (No. 205)
Lorin Stein
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The Paris Review (#206) (Fall 2013)
Jonathan Franzen translates Karl Kraus, Frederick Seidel, Ottesa Moshfegh, Lydia Davis, Charles Simic, Andrew Martin; others interviews with Ursula Le Guin and Emmanuel Carrere
Interviews, fiction, poetry, and prose essays by leading international writers. This issue includes interviews with Ursula Le Guin and Emmanuel Carrere, Jonathan Franzen translates Karl Kraus, Frederick Seidel, Ottesa Moshfegh, Lydia Davis, Charles Simic, Andrew Martin; others.
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The Paris Review: Spring Vol 208
Lorin Stein
The Paris Review is a groundbreaking publication bringing together fiction, poetry and prose from great writers all over the world. Its legendary interview series alone represents the single most important body of work that celebrates writing about writing. Publishing quarterly, each issue is a tribute to the possibilities of the written word and under Lorin Stein's canny editorial leadership ... read more
The Paris Review: Vol 209: Summer
Lorin Stein
Fiction from Zadie Smith, JD Daniels, Rachel Cusk, Ottessa Moshfegh and newcomers Shelly Oria and Garth Greenwell. Interviews with Joy Williams and Henri Cole Essay by Andrea Barrett Poetry by Charles Simic, Nick Laird, Ange Mlinko, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Adam Kirsch, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Henri Cole, Jane Hirshfield, Les Murray Portfolio of work by Raymond Pettibon. The Paris Review is a grou... read more
The Paris Review 210 - Fall 2014
Michael Haneke and Vivian Gornick Interviews. Karl Ove Knausgaard Special Feature. Marc Yankus Portfolio.
Flatmancrooked's Slim Volume of Contemporary Poetics, edited by Joshua Neely, with guest editor Mary Karr, features work by Eleni Sikelianos, Matthew Dickman, Kevin Prufer, Forrest Gander, Joshua McKinney, Kathryn Cowles, Jordan Reynolds, Joseph Atkins, Andy Jones, Christopher Erickson and Emily Pulfer-Terino.
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