Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom Paperback - 2000
by Leonard S. Marcus
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Miss Raymond received your letter last Friday afternoon and she planned to answer it at once.
From the rear cover
Nordstrom on career opportunities in publishing:
March 4, 1953
"Did I ever tell you ... I was taken out to luncheon and offered, with great ceremony, the opportunity to be an editor in the adult department? ... I almost pushed the luncheon table into the lap of the pompous gentleman opposite me and then explained kindly that publishing children's books was what I did, that I couldn't possibly be interested in books for dead dull finished adults, and thank you very much but I had to get back to my desk to publish some more good books for bad children".
Nordstrom on editorial responsibility:
June 13, 1952
"I never want to forget that if Lewis Carroll had asked me whether or not he should bother writing about a little girl named Alice who fell asleep and dreamed that she had a lot of adventures down a rabbit hole, it would not have sounded awfully tempting to any editor".
Nordstrom on nice books:
August 11, 1959
"NOW I ABSOLUTELY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MEAN STORIES ... Would you have some mean children, I hope?"
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- Title Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
- Author Leonard S. Marcus
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition Unstated
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-03-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780064462358 / 0064462358
- Weight 1.41 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 8.99 x 6 x 1.35 in (22.83 x 15.24 x 3.43 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Nordstrom, Ursula - Correspondence, Publishers and publishing - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97018895
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times, 03/19/2000, Page 28
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