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133 LOGOS 17/3 © LOGOS FIRST PERSON Why in publishing the grass has become less green Rose-tinted ruminations of an editor-turned-author Editor and author Jeremy Lewis reflects on his forty years, half in, half out of, trade publishing. “I have been given the sack more often than most,” writes Lewis, “always in the most kindly way, and always for the best of reasons. I have tried my hand at most aspects of the literary life. Apart from writing my own books, I have worked for five publishers, two literary agents, three literary magazines, and reviewed for more papers and magazines than I dare to remember. In none of these professions have I risen to the top, and I am horribly aware that my impressions of literary life are anecdotal rather than scholarly or based on deep experience. “My knowledge of publishing is restricted not just to trade or general publishing, but to editorial work at the more literary end of the spectrum. I know next to nothing about academic or legal or medical or educational or children’s book publishing. I was never pushing or ambitious enough to spend long hours doing deals or propping up the bar in
Logos – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2006
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