Against Fame: On Publishing, Popularity, and Ambition
“The problem with fame is not its rarity; it’s that it is out of our control.”
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Manjula Martin is editor of the anthology Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living (Simon & Schuster, 2017). She founded and edited Scratch magazine (2013–2015) and she is the founder of Who Pays Writers?, a crowdsourced list of freelance writing rates. Manjula has written for Virginia Quarterly Review, Pacific Standard, The Toast, Aeon Magazine, and The Billfold, among others. She is the managing editor of Zoetrope: All-Story. Website: manjulamartin.com | Twitter: @manjulamartin
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