{"id":24236,"date":"2018-01-26T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=24236"},"modified":"2018-01-26T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:21:23","slug":"sink-your-teeth-into-sicilian-with-barry-goldblatt-in-episode-58-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/26\/sink-your-teeth-into-sicilian-with-barry-goldblatt-in-episode-58-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sink your teeth into Sicilian with Barry Goldblatt in Episode 58 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final episode from my recent trip to New York—which also had me lunching with Tor Art Director Irene Gallo<\/a> and dining with Asimov’s<\/em> magazine editor Sheila Williams<\/a>—took me back to the magical land of my birth—Brooklyn!<\/p>\n

At the suggestion of Barry Goldblatt, who founded the eponymous Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency in September 2000, we met at Bella Gioia<\/a>, a Sicilian restaurant in Park Slope. A wonderful choice! But that’s to be expected when you get together with Barry, for he and I have eaten the fantastic many times before at such restaurants as Alinea in Chicago and Olo in Helsinki—though this is the first time you’re<\/em> being invited to eavesdrop.<\/p>\n

Barry’s clients including such writers as previous guest of the show Fran Wilde<\/a>, Christopher Barzak, Libba Bray, Charles Vess, Nisi Shawl, and many others.<\/p>\n

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We discussed why he ended up as an agent rather than an astronaut, the happy accident that led to him being taught by the legendary science fiction writer James Gunn, the time Lloyd Alexander caused him to burst into squee-filled tears, J. K. Rowling’s first U.S. book signing and how she changed children’s publishing forever, what everyone thinks they know about agents that’s totally wrong, the sorts of things he’s told authors to help take their work to the next level, why it sometimes makes sense for him to submit a less than perfect book, whether the YA market is doing a better job with diversity than adult fiction, what he’s been looking for that he hasn’t been getting, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can grab a seat at the table—<\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at the iTunes store<\/a>—and hey, why not check out the previous 57 previous episodes while there?<\/p>\n

2) Use the show’s RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to download the episode to the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or simply listen right here via the embed below.<\/p>\n