“Would-be novelists of the Jewish American experience, rejoice! There will soon be a new place to shop your brilliant manuscripts (or to have them join a slush pile of wannabe best-sellers). Fig Tree Books is launching in March 2015 as a venue for ‘original high quality literary fiction’ and the revival of the classics, according to its website. Editor-in-chief Michelle Caplan told the blog The Whole Megillah they’re looking for, ‘epic, weighty novels that make you think; quirky contemporary stories; accessible literary fiction; life-affirming, emotional narratives; cross-over mysteries; classics that could change your life—as long as they share an authenticity, integrity and originality at their core.’ In short—everything!

Of course, so are more established presses like Random House (Portnoy’s Complaint), Penguin (The Mind-Body Problem), Macmillan (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay), and FSG (The Collected Stories: Grace Paley) to name a handful.”

Read the full piece at Tablet Magazine.