Pamela Rafael Berkman, Author

Pamela Rafael Berkman, author of Her Infinite Variety and The Falling Nun (both from Scribner). Pam's upcoming events and new flash fiction; bonus, online companion stories to her published collections; excerpts from new work; tips as they occur to her for new writers.

Thursday, August 12, 2004

And Another One About How It Ain't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

From Publishers Marketplace Email Newsletter, Publishers Lunch Deluxe:

Story Writer From 60s Finally Sees Second Collection Published

Julian Mazor's second short story collection FRIEND OF MANKIND was published recently by Paul Dry Books in Philadelphia - only 36 years after "his first, heralded collection, WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE," the Inquirer writes.

Mazor says that by the late 60s his style of story writing fell out of favor in the politically charged environment. "I became more and more unknown," he comments. "Times changed."

The Inquirer says that "FRIEND OF MANKIND picks up where Mazor's previous collection left off, displaying his craft and sensitivity as an observer of place and human behavior. These are stories that reward slow, careful reading."

Here's the Inquirer piece: Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/11/2004 | Writer who honed craft, not his profile, is back


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