Quote of the Day | 0303
Mrs. Lessing writes that she wanted to be reviewed on merit, ”as a new writer, without the benefit of a ‘name.’ ”
The conclusion Mrs. Lessing has drawn from her experience as Jane Somers is that publishers and reviewers should give more attention to good books, even if they are first novels or books of merit by relative unknowns. Now, she said, ”What happens mostly is that an immense amount of space will be given to not very good books by established writers.
Doris Lessing Says She Used Pen Name to Show New Writers’ Difficulties
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