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Dear Genius

内容简介

Shetrustedherimmenseintuitionandgenerousheart--andpublishedthemost.UrsulaNordstrom,directorofHarper'sDepartmentofBooksforBoysandGirlsfrom1940to1973,wasarguablythesinglemostcreativeforceforinnovationinchildren'sbookpublishingintheUnitedStatesduringthetwentiethcentury.Consideredaneditorofmavericktemperamentandtaste,herunorthodoxvisionhelpedcreatesuchclassicsasGoodnightMoon,Charlotte'sWeb,WheretheWildThingsAre,HaroldandthePurpleCrayon,andTheGivingTree.LeonardS.MarcushasculledanexceptionalcollectionoflettersfromtheHarperCollinsarchives.Thelettersincludedherearerepresentativeofthebrilliantcorrespondencethatwasinstrumentalinthecreationofsomeofthemostbelovedbooksintheworldtoday.Fullofwitandhumor,theyareimmenselyentertaining,thought-provoking,andmovingintheirrevelationofthedevotionandhigh-voltageintellectofanincomparablygiftededitor,mentor,andpublishingvisionary.UrsulaNordstrom,directorofHarper'sDepartmentofBooksforBoysandGirlsfrom1940to1973,wasarguablythesinglemostcreativeforceforinnovationinchildren'sbookpublishingintheUnitedStatesduringthetwentiethcentury.Consideredaneditorofmavericktemperamentandtaste,herunorthodoxvisionhelpedcreatesuchclassicsasGoodnightMoon,Charlotte'sWeb,WheretheWildThingsAre,HaroldandthePurpleCrayon,andTheGivingTree.LeonardS.MarcushasculledanexceptionalcollectionoflettersfromtheHarperCollinsarchives.Thelettersincludedherearerepresentativeofthebrilliantcorrespondencethatwasinstrumentalinthecreationofsomeofthemostbelovedbooksintheworldtoday.Fullofwitandhumor,theyareimmenselyentertaining,thought-provoking,andmovingintheirrevelationofthedevotionandhigh-voltageintellectofanincomparablygiftededitor,mentor,andpublishingvisionary.

作者简介

LeonardS.Marcusisahistorian,biographer,andcriticwhosemanybooksincludeMargaretWiseBrown:AwakenedbytheMoon;DearGenius:TheLettersofUrsulaNordstrom;andStoriedCity.Inaddition,hehasbeenParentingmagazine'schildren'sbookreviewersince1987.Thisishisfirstpicturebook.HelivesinBrooklyn,NewYork,withhiswife,AmySchwartz,andtheirson,Jacob.

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