As promised, here is the recording of today’s Substack Live with Random House Publisher, who some of you in this space might know more familiarly as “the pork ragu guy” or maybe even “my husband.” We went deep on what Andy’s day-to-day looks like as a book editor, what it’s like to work with writers as wide-ranging as Elizabeth Strout, George Saunders, Imbolo Mbue, Yuval Harari, Lena Dunham, and Samin Nosrat. We talked about how to make “weird” books work, the skills you need to hone as a book editor if you’re just starting out, the New York Times book review that made him cry (in a good way), books that would be great for Father’s Day gifts, our strategy for convincing our daughters to love books as much as we do, and so much more.
That was the best — thanks to everyone who tuned in and submitted such great questions. I’m sorry we didn’t get to all of them, but please feel free to ask anything the comments and Andy will do his best to answer them.
Thanks for watching!
Jenny & Andy
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