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Adam Bellow is an American editor who is executive editor at Bombardier Books, a politically conservative imprint at Post Hill Press. He previously founded and led the conservative imprints All Points Books at St Martin's Press and Broadside Books at HarperCollins, served as executive editor-at-large at Doubleday, and as editorial director at Free Press, publishing several controversial conservative books such as Illiberal Education , The Real Anita Hill , The Bell Curve , and Clinton Cash . [1] [2] [3]

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He is the publisher of The New Pamphleteer, [4] co-editor of The State of the American Mind, [2] and the author of In Praise of Nepotism. [5]

Bellow is the son of novelist Saul Bellow. [6]

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References

  1. Alter, Alexandra (April 9, 2017). "A Partisan Books Editor Places a Bet on Balance". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Adam Bellow in Joint Venture with Post Hill Press". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Reid, Calvin (November 5, 2019). "Bellow in Joint Venture with Post Hill Press". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. "The New Pamphleteer". Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  5. "In Praise of Nepotism by Adam Bellow". September 2003.
  6. "Missing: My Father". Adam Bellow. The New York Times, June 10, 2005.