Part A: You are employed as an acquisitions editor at a press that publishes fiction ranging from (you guessed it) poetry to drama to short fiction. From among all the literary texts that you read this session, select one for publication. In a memo to your supervisor, tell why you chose that text. Consider the following:
- Author and title
- Overall quality
- Genre (poetry, drama, or short fiction)
- One or two main ideas, perspectives, or values that you encountered as you read it
- The most impressive or engaging feature, i.e. its best attribute, what you like most about it, and/or why other readers will enjoy it
- Likely audience
- How it should be revised before it is suitable for publication
- Any other reasons that the press should publish it
Part B: In the memo include suggestions for the cover art. You can develop the cover yourself (a drawing, painting, photograph, graphic, etc.) or use an image from the Internet. (don't forget to provide a citation if you take this option).
Part C: Finally, write a blurb about the text that can be used on the back cover and in catalogs that advertise new publications.
Part D: Put together all the materials into one document. Claims in all parts of the assignment should be substantiated by excerpts from appropriate sources. Quotes, paraphrase, and summary used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should never exceed 25% of the document. Post the final document.