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NAME
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Sam Stoloff
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AGENCY
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency
57 East 11th Street, Suite 5B
New York,
NY
10003
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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AGENCY PHONE
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(212) 777-0047
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AGENCY FAX
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EMAIL
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ss@goldinlit.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.goldinlit.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Short Stories
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Multi-Cultural
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Offbeat/Quirky
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Graphic Novels
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NONFICTION GENRES
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History
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Sports
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Biography
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Food & Lifestyle
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Politics
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Science
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Drama/Music
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Multi-Cultural
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Cookbooks
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Memoirs
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Current Affairs
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Women's Issues
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Pop Culture
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Narrative
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Psychology
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Nature/Ecology
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Film & Entertainment
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Cultural/Social Issues
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Humor
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Journalism
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent accepts queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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This agency specializes in provocative social and political material
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Likes quirky & controversial
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Also interested in nonfiction pertaining to sociology, philosophy & cultural issues/topical nonfiction with progressive bent
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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This agency does not handle screenplays, art books, self-help, or genre fiction (mysteries, science fiction, romance, horror, etc.)
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Snail Mail: query with SASE
- Email: no attachments unless requested
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MANUSCRIPT FONT FACE PREFERENCE
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MANUSCRIPT FONT SIZE PREFERENCE
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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His clients include Monika Bauerlein, Susan Bordo, Pratap Chatterjee, Cliff Conner, Daniel Duane, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Susanne Freidberg, Bruce Grierson, Jean Harfenist, Deborah Harkness, Mary Hays, Kristin Henderson, Mike Hudson, Anna Lappe, Stephanie Mencimer, Carla Peterson, Gretchen Reynolds, and Siva Vaidhyanathan.
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EDUCATION
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He has an MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D in American Studies, both from Cornell University
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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A People's History of Science
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Cliff Conner
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Science
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Nation Books (November 9, 2005) |
A revisionist history, arguing that science was the product of generations of farmers, workers, and craftspeople, working closely with nature, more than lone geniuses--more the product of the hand than the head
View book at Amazon
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A Brief History of the Flood
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Jean Harfenist
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History
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Knopf/Vintage (June 18, 2002) |
A vivid debut story collection, concerning Lillian, an unforgettable wise-ass just itching to get out of Acorn Lake, Minnesota, circa 1968, with her buddy Irene
View book at Amazon
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Jesus Land
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Julia Scheeres
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Memoirs
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Counterpoint (September 27, 2005) |
A searing memoir about growing up in a fundamentalist family in Indiana with two adopted black brothers
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Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue
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Stephanie Mencimer
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Current Affairs
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Free Press (December 5, 2006) |
A devastating critique of the "tort reform movement," by a contributing editor to the Washington Monthly.
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Lullabies for Little Criminals
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Heather O'Neill
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Literary Fiction
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Harper Perennial (October 17, 2006) |
In her debut novel, This American Life contributor O'Neill offers a narrator, Baby, coming of age in Montreal just before her 12th birthday
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While They're At War: The True Story of American Families on the Home Front
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Kristin Henderson
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Current Affairs
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Houghton Mifflin (February 2, 2006) |
How military spouses and families survive when their loved ones are deployed abroad.
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Too Late to Die Young
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Harriet McBryde Johnson
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Memoirs
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Holt |
A scintillating memoir-in-stories, by a fierce, funny and compelling writer on disability issues, who died too young in 2008, about her life as a polite but outspoken agitator.
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Exit Wounds
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Rutu Modan
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Graphic Novels
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Drawn & Quarterly |
A haunting story about the unidentified victim of a suicide bombing, and two people who struggle to learn his identity. Winner of the 2008 Will Eisner Award for best graphic novel of the year.
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LINKS
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This is Sam Stoloff's response to our symposium question, Writer's Fears
http://www.agentquery.com/symposium_writerfears.aspx
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/goldinlit/
This is the agent's webpage on PublishersMarketplace.com
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