“Mort and I are far from retiring,” Lynn Nesbit said on Friday afternoon. “It isn’t a question on the table at the moment. It really isn’t.”
The night before, one of the stars at the boutique literary agency Ms. Nesbit runs with Mort Janklow abruptly announced that he was leaving Read More
Lynn Nesbit, the famed literary agent who has represented Tom Wolfe, Donald Barthelme, Jimmy Carter, Michael Crichton, and countless other marquee names, gives a long interview in this month’s issue of Poets & Writers.
Lots of highlights in there, but perhaps most striking is the overpowering sense that Things Used to Be Read More
“Obviously, the National Book Award was very gratifying,” Lynn Nesbit said, “but can it possibly make up for the loss?”
The literary agent was reflecting on her client Joan Didion’s memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. It was, she said, a difficult subject to address.
Ms. Nesbit, 67, has had more than an Read More
Developer Martin Raynes and his wife Patricia are clearing out of Southampton. Last July, the couple put their 4.5-acre property at 170 Meadow Lane on the market for $16.5 million. Seven months later, they sold the place for $12 million, and according to their broker, Tim Davis of Allan M. Schneider Associates Inc., they will Read More
