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Contributor
Miriam Gordis
Director
Favorite Genres
literary fiction, Non-fiction, visual art
literary fiction, Non-fiction, visual art
Miriam Gordis is Director of Albertine Books, succeeding Sandrine Butteau, who held the position from 2017-2024. Miriam has worked at Albertine as a Bookseller since January 2024. Prior to joining the store, she worked in book publishing, most recently as a Literary Scout at Maria Campbell Associates where she was in charge of scouting the French market. She has served as a reader for the Whiting Award for Nonfiction and for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Miriam has a BA from the University of Oxford in Modern Languages and she has worked as a legal translator in Paris and as a copyeditor in Moscow. She is a lover of non-fiction, visual art, pilates, and sunshine.
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ARTICLES BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR
ARTICLES BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR
Miriam Gordis | December 7, 2024
This is a spare and gorgeous meditation on Gaudy’s father, on family and memory, and on the landscapes that are intertwined with our identities.
This is a spare and gorgeous meditation on Gaudy’s father, on family and memory, and on the landscapes that are intertwined with our identities.
This is a spare and gorgeous meditation on Gaudy’s father, on family and memory, and on the landscapes that are…
Miriam Gordis | August 6, 2024
Rosenfeld has a delicate ear for language, for the kinds of poetic misunderstandings that come from associative word pairings, from rhyme, from the lacunae of silences that her imagination rushes to fill. The world of sound is precious and mysterious and evocative.
Rosenfeld has a delicate ear for language, for the kinds of poetic misunderstandings that come from associative word pairings, from rhyme, from the lacunae of silences that her imagination rushes to fill. The world of sound is precious and mysterious and evocative.
Rosenfeld has a delicate ear for language, for the kinds of poetic misunderstandings that come from associative word pairings, from…
Miriam Gordis | July 6, 2024
Ici commence un amour is a story about love, but it is also a story about grief and class and growing up, about trying to be a writer and a man and a person. It’s tender and restless and vicious at times.
Ici commence un amour is a story about love, but it is also a story about grief and class and growing up, about trying to be a writer and a man and a person. It’s tender and restless and vicious at times.
Ici commence un amour is a story about love, but it is also a story about grief and class and…
Miriam Gordis | July 6, 2024
Aliène, at its core, is about alienation. It probes the powerful warp of loneliness, the violent hierarchies of our world, the subtle horror of everyday life.
Aliène, at its core, is about alienation. It probes the powerful warp of loneliness, the violent hierarchies of our world, the subtle horror of everyday life.
Aliène, at its core, is about alienation. It probes the powerful warp of loneliness, the violent hierarchies of our world,…
Miriam Gordis | April 24, 2024
This braided historical novel is remarkable for its very origin story. Julia Malye, a young French writer, did an MFA in the US and spent years crafting two versions of this novel: one in English (published under the title "Pelican Girls" by Harper), the other in French. To read both is less to read a translation than it is to…
This braided historical novel is remarkable for its very origin story. Julia Malye, a young French writer, did an MFA in the US and spent years crafting two versions of this novel: one in English (published under the title "Pelican Girls" by Harper), the other in French. To read both…
This braided historical novel is remarkable for its very origin story. Julia Malye, a young French writer, did an MFA…
Miriam Gordis | March 20, 2024
Diaty Diallo is a poet and performer in addition to being a critically acclaimed novelist and her expansive creative vision is apparent in this stunning sophomore novel. This is really a story about the way self-determination and love and kindness can flourish despite outside circumstances.
Diaty Diallo is a poet and performer in addition to being a critically acclaimed novelist and her expansive creative vision is apparent in this stunning sophomore novel. This is really a story about the way self-determination and love and kindness can flourish despite outside circumstances.
Diaty Diallo is a poet and performer in addition to being a critically acclaimed novelist and her expansive creative vision is…