Favorite novel: HISTORY: A NOVEL by Elsa Morante 
Current favorite poet: Carolyn Forché 
One favorite painter: Bonnard
One fav short story writer: Raymond Carver

Authors who know my publishing work include

Warren Garst, Mary Lee Settle, Pat Conroy, Pierre Delattre, Dr. Dian Fossey, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew Weil, M.D., Winifred Rosen, NY Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Laura Shapiro, Malcolm Margolin, Oriana Fallaci, Anne Sexton, Jane Holtz Kay, Nancy Bruning, Robin Paige, Dr. Thomas Goldstein, Cynthia Pearson, Margaret Stubbs, Michelle Seligson, Judge Frank M. Coffiin, Jr., Gay Courter, Susan Wittig Albert, Elizabeth Noble, Barbara Stecher, Richard Frede, Fred McTaggart, Sandy Jones, Sam Clark, Dr. Geneva Smitherman, Meg (Magda) Bogin, Oliver Cope, M.D., Sydney Walker III, M.D., John B. Simon, Marcy Heidish, Ellen Galinsky, William Luce, Harlow Robinson, Elzbieta Ettinger, Alan McGlashan.

Anita’s speaking and teaching typically include writers’ conferences, online courses, continuing education workshops. She has been a resident editor and a visiting literary agent at Bennington Writers’ Workshops; Cumberland Valley Writers Conference, International Women’s Writing Guild. In addition to being a literary consultant and agent, she writes book reviews and publishing industry columns. She has spoken at Harvard University; Bard College; Foreign Languages Institute, Shanghai; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Massachusetts; National Writers Union; Northeastern University; Lesley College; Simmons College; Emerson College; Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course.

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