David Remnick interviews Deborah Treisman and Kevin Young, the fiction and poetry editors of The New Yorker, about their recent editorial projects celebrating a hundred years of narrative and verse in the publication. Young expresses his deep passion for the role, while Treisman reflects on the complexities of selecting stories and the evolution of writing quality over time. Their conversation highlights the significance of the magazine's contributions to literature and the unique experiences that come with assembling such a monumental collection.
"When you asked me to do this, I think my first response was 'I've only wanted to do this since I was fifteen,'" Young tells Remnick. "It was kind of a dream come true."
"The thing to remember is that even geniuses don't always write their best work right off the bat. People make a lot of noise about rejection letters from The New Yorker that went to famous writers, or later-famous writers-and they were probably justified, those rejections."
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