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Uncollecting Cheever
Uncollecting Cheever

Uncollecting Cheever

The Family of John Cheever vs. Academy Chicago Publishers

LAW

363 Pages, 6.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $18.95 (US $18.95) (CA $22.95)

Publication Date: December 2009

ISBN 9780897335935

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Dec 2009)
Academy Chicago Publishers

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Overview

The story of how little Academy Chicago Publishers (co-owned by the author and her husband, Jordan Miller) tried to publish the late John Cheever's uncollected short stories, and was blocked from doing so by Cheever's family, is now a familiar part of publishing lore (and law).

Reviews

“An almost unbelievable—though not unfamiliar—story of a literary enterprise quashed by money and ‘the law.’” — Kirkus Reviews



“[This story] . . . has never been told with the exhaustive yet endlessly fascinating detail to be found here . . . all described in the liveliest manner by Miller, and anyone who enjoys courtroom repartee will rejoice in it.” — Publishers Weekly



“Well-documented and written with restraint and balance, Uncollecting Cheever is an absorbing and sometimes unsettling tale of the perils of litigation, especially for a small press, in a time of declining civility, big money and conglomerate power in the publishing world.” — Washington Post Book World



“Anita Miller quotes copiously from court transcripts and notes, creating an amusing though disgusting picture of a court system ruled by mediocre, star-struck judges manipulated by lawyers who have little regard for grammar, let alone argument . . .” — The Boston Globe

Uncollecting Cheever is a droll, excruciating crash course in publishing and law . . . vividly evokes the Kafkaesque hell of a long and frustrating lawsuit.” — Chicago Tribune

“Law students and legislators will learn a lot from Uncollecting Cheever . . .
a case study of the insidious effects of litigation on the human psyche.”
The New York Times Book Review

“. . . [Miller] offers important insights into the vagaries of both the publishing industry and the legal system and reminds us that the real David’s victory over Goliath was a truly major upset that isn’t re-created every day.” — Library Journal

Author Biography

Anita Miller is president and editorial director of Academy Chicago Publishers, Ltd, which she founded with her husband in 1975. She has written or edited over seventy-five books.