Interview with Heidi Julavits of “The Believer” Magazine
The Believer magazine co-founder Heidi Julavits discusses book reviews and her new memoir, The Folded Clock: A Diary.
By Michele Botwin RaphaelNovember 25, 2015
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LARB contributor Michele Botwin Raphael talks with Heidi Julavits, co-editor of The Believer magazine and author of four novels, about her new memoir The Folded Clock: A Diary, her personal history of writing in diary form, and how she co-founded The Believer to try to save the book review.
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Michele Botwin Raphael (@MicheleBRaphael) is a writer and editor, specializing in digital media, entertainment, pop culture, books, arts and lifestyle topics. Recently named a National Press Foundation Fellow, she currently blogs for the Huffington Post. She previously held roles as a staff writer and "Cybertainment" columnist for Los Angeles Times, a features editor for latimes.com, a co-founding senior editor of the Online Journalism Review, a freelance writer for Billboard,Variety and other magazines, and a director of publications and special projects for the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.
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