Description

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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).

About the Author

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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.

Praise For…

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“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

“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