Sunday, May 27, 2018

Remembering Extraordinary Literary Agent Elaine Markson, Who Died May 21 At Age 87

Author Alice Hoffman: "Everyone knows that if Elaine Markson was your agent you had a fierce and loving protector for life. ... She was pure Greenwich Village with clients like Andrea Dworkin, Abbie Hoffman (I was often billed for advances Elaine loaned him as we were both A. Hoffmans) the great Grace Paley, and the iconic feminist writer Tillie Olsen. Elaine was the one agent in America who didn’t care about making deals."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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