I hadn't thought about the balance in mood. You see that we did it in alphabetical order, so if there's any kind of shape, or any kind of flow, it's random. Gender...we didn't think much about it. It was sort… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the short-story template from everyone's head can be freeing. Partly because there's no mass market for stories, the form is up for grabs. It can be many, many things. So the anthology is very much intended for students, but… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
You can go back and try to generalize, but then you end up saying things that all editors say about everything that ever gets… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected to need… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
We've never had a giant circulation. And we've always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We've never had to run stories… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I love having people around who are better interviewers than I am and who can make the time to do a really great job.… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Chekhov's stories are about the moment that a life goes off the rails and the price that will be paid - forever. That's a… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short stories are… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Names don't matter, CVs don't matter, previous publications don't matter at all, because, in a certain way, the ideal is for someone to come… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Pretty much every issue that we've put out, there have been at least one or two things that really surprised me. It sounds like… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I hadn't thought about the balance in mood. You see that we did it in alphabetical order, so if there's any kind of shape,… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
