Dan Crane (nom d'air Bjorn Turoque) does for the air-guitar world what George Plimpton's gonzo-journalism "Paper Lion" did for football-Time Out

The Frances Goldin Literary Agency is one of New York’s premier literary agencies, representing over 150 authors of fiction and nonfiction. Founded in 1977, the agency is committed to progressive ideas and quality literature. Among our award-winning and bestselling writers are Dorothy Allison, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Eula Biss, John D’Agata, Martin Duberman, Deborah Harkness, Barbara Kingsolver, James Kugel, Adrienne Rich, Siva Vaidhyanathan and Mike Wallace.

As a full-service agency, we handle film, serial, translation and other subsidiary rights sales, as well as offering career management and marketing assistance and online and digital resources for our clients. We are energized by the changing book market and work to help our authors thrive in this challenging publishing environment.

I'm interested in emotionally, intellectually, and formally adventurous work of all kinds and am particularly interested in writers who believe nonfiction can be as artful as fiction.

John D'Agata, Eula Biss, Brian Evenson

Justin Hocking's The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld to Graywolf

TO AIR IS HUMAN, Film rights to Dreamworks
I, SUPERHERO to Marc Rosen / Georgeville Films

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