Why Should We Care About Your Story?

If you took all the book queries generated during our Millennial Memoir Boom, you could probably build a paper bridge between the houses of James Frey and Margaret B. Jones.

But there are undoubtedly more beautiful memoirs to be written. Earlier this week, agent Jim Levine spoke with aspiring writers about fundamentals of pitching at the Strand Bookstore.

In this short video, the principal agent at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency answered the burning question: will somebody care about your story?

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