Friday, February 18, 2011

How Does a 20-Something from Boulder Get a Story Published in the Esteemed Paris Review?


The Daily Camera has her story.

From the piece...

When Boulder writer Alexandra Kleeman first wrote her short story, "Fairy Tale," she never expected to find it published alongside the likes of award-winning author Jonathan Franzen in the latest issue of The Paris Review.

Particularly given that she never even submitted the story to the world-renowned literary magazine, whose past contributors and interviewees include Samuel Beckett, Stephen King, Salman Rushdie, Simone de Beauvoir, Graham Greene, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, and William Burroughs, to name just a few.

"'Fairy Tale' came to us under unusual circumstances," says Lorin Stein, editor of the magazine, who last year took over the coveted post originally held by founder George Plimpton.

Boulder author Alexandra Kleeman had a story published in the winter 2010 issue of the Paris Review. "It was sent by a book editor, who happened to teach Ms. Kleeman in a class. He didn't give her name or say anything about her or the story. I believe the text of his email was simply, 'Dude.'"


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