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Chris Fischbach
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Literary agent @ Fischbach Creative; former publisher at Coffee House Press (25 year tenure); board member, MN Prison Writing Workshop, etc. Mr. Nobody from Nowhere.
I mean, that just seems like part of it, though.
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think Litnet also had a big part in saving those grants, right?
August 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Adding this: When are we going to reckon with the destruction and criminal exploitation that American's richest families have wrought?
August 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Purdue Pharma — the Guggenheims have already stealthily and handily accomplished.' Has Fraser met a sacred cow she wouldn’t skewer?

—From the LATimes.

I've never seen publishing get dragged into the robber baron narrative before. Have you? What are the origins of all out biggest publishers?

4/4
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
'Whatever the Sackler family is trying to do by collecting art and endowing museums, lifting their skirts away from the hundreds of thousands addicted and killed by prescription opioids manufactured and sold by their company —
3/4
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
She mentions Straus’ penchant for ascots and cashmere jackets. She laments the lack of accountability. 'Roger W. Straus Jr. completes the process of whitewashing the family name,' she writes.
2/4
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I've always meant to ask you why you write in courier.
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Exactly.
July 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Great. Now can we dig into what else they own and pay for? What political parties do they support? Why do we "trust" a segment of our literature to them?
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It made me furious
June 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
oh I love him
May 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I would have guessed it would have been only a small part of one plane.
May 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM