Word: agent
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...Cohen was the one who hooked Viswanathan up with a literary agent during her junior year—in a way, she’s the one who first discovered the 16-year...
...know, we’ll see what happens, not expecting anything necessarily,” Cohen told FM in a phone interview last week. “But I wanted to give her a chance because she really is an amazing writer. A few weeks later, [William Morris agent] Suzanne [Gluck] had gotten [her writing samples], read them, and called me the next day and said ‘bring her in.’ Kaavya took the meeting with me...and basically by the end of the meeting they had signed...
...nary a newspaper or radio station that hasn’t tried to squeeze an interview out of the recently retired speedskater.And from all the anti-Harvard news that has been generated by writers and talk show hosts around the country, one might think that Cheek’s agent has been working the phones, trying to generate enough publicity to get Byerly Hall to reconsider its decision.But if you talk to Cheek, that’s far from what he wants.“First of all, it was flattering that influential people like Bob Costas were supporting...
Judy Sadlier and Gene Budinger wanted to spend their retirement adrift. Over the last years of their working life in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Judy, 69, a financial adviser, and Gene, 67, a real estate agent, had daydreamed of taking a few years to explore the Caribbean in the Skylark, their 36-ft. sailboat. But when a sailing buddy told them two years ago that he was giving up an apartment he had rented in Antigua Guatemala and asked if they wanted it, they jumped at the opportunity...
...histrionics, but Malin demonstrates her substantial talent through her ability to show the mother’s bipolar nature, switching from a simpering girl to a snappish hag with ease.Shafrin gives one of the strongest performances of the show as the bitter, haunted son, Frederick. Although Frederick is the agent for much of “Pelican’s” exposition, Shafrin also brings a much-needed levity to the show, with frequent paranoid references to the power of “the mafia.” He adds small touches to the role, like a drunk?...