Today we have a book that helped us to lift the curtain on the inner workings of the book business. The Editor by Sara B. Franklin tells us the story of Judith Jones, the game changing editor who changed the publishing business at a time where women weren't in the publishing business. Judith helped shape literature and change publishing, and so we pair her with one of our current favorite editors who has just announced her retirement, Beverly Horowitz. Beverly has been in the business for 50 years and has worked with everyone from Judy Blume to E. Lockhart. Join us for a wonderful insiders look at the business that sustains our minds and hearts.

Books mentioned in this week's episode:

• The Editor by Sara B. Franklin
• Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original by Sara B. Franklin
• The Phoenicia Diner Cookbook: Dishes and Dispatches from the Catskill Mountains by Sara B. Franklin
• The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath
• Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
• Rabbit, Run by John Updike
• Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
• The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland (Canons) by Nan Shepherd
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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