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Ivan Prashker
Ivan Prashker is a short story author whose stories have appeared in ''Best American Short Stories, The Best American Short Stories'', ''Gallery (magazine), Gallery'', ''Harper's Magazine, Harper's'', ''McCall's'', ''Playboy'' and elsewhere. When Prashker was an editor at Magazine Management, the publishing firm run by Martin Goodman and his son Chip Goodman, he observed conflicts between the two Goodmans. What he witnessed became the basis for a short story with an unflattering portrait of a character obviously based on Chip Goodman. When the story, "The Boss's Son," was published in ''Playboy'' (February, 1970), Prashker expected he might be fired, but that was not the case, as noted by Jon B. Cooke (''Comic Book Artist'' #16): :What was the publisher's actual reaction to Prashker? The author was rewarded with his own editorship of a magazine, as Martin was apparently more impressed that one of his staffers was published in the premier men's magazine than with any insult made to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of ''The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature. Edward O'Brien The series began in 1915, when Edward O'Brien edited his selection of the previous year's stories. This first edition was serialized in a magazine; however, it caught the attention of the publishing company Small, Maynard & Company, which published subsequent editions until 1926, when the title was transferred to Dodd, Mead and Company. The time appeared to be a propitious one for such a collection. The most popular magazines of the day featured short fiction prominently and frequently; the best authors were well-known and well-paid. More importantly, there was a nascent movement toward higher standards and greater experimentation among certain American writers. O'Brien capitalized on this m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |