Megan Cummins

brooklyn, new york, united states

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I have ten years' experience in editing and publishing, and have worked with award-winning writers and artists; curated and edited content for a premier literary magazine; managed magazine circulation and book distribution; and have served as the point-person for a variety of creative, administrative, and financial aspects of independent literary organizations.

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Taking Apart a Metaphor: Dan Sinykin and Sarah Brouillette on the Literary Ecosystem

Our partner podcast Novel Dialogue invites a novelist and a literary critic to talk about novels from every angle: how we read them, write them, publish them, and remember them. This season, we take a different tack and present a series of conversations e... See more

publicbooks.org•Megan Cummins•Oct 23, 2026

Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans

publicbooks.org•Megan Cummins•Oct 9, 2026

The Golden Age of TV

Mark Z. Danielewski published his new novel Tom's Crossing in October of last year, so there is a way in which this text comes late, too late to say anything of substance, too late to sell any books, too late to call forth admiring sneers of agreement. In... See more

publicbooks.org•Megan Cummins•Oct 8, 2026

"Our Guns Make the Violence That People Are Fleeing": Ieva Jusionyte on Guns & Violence in Mexico

Being reviewed: Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border Advertisement Dr. Ieva Jusionyte spoke with Recall This Book hosts Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz about her recent celebrated book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violen... See more

publicbooks.org•Megan Cummins•Aug 20, 2026

Literature in the Time of Suicide

Being reviewed: Advertisement It’s hard to talk about suicide; it’s even harder to understand it. The word “suicide” describes an act in the present. But in truth, the temporality of suicide is largely anticipatory or retrospective. It is the untiring fea... See more

publicbooks.org•Megan Cummins•Aug 19, 2026

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Master Of Fine Arts, Creative Writing at Rutgers University - NewarkGraduated: 2015

Bachelor Of Arts, Literature at University Of MichiganGraduated: 2009

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Taking Apart a Metaphor: Dan Sinykin and Sarah Brouillette on the Literary Ecosystem

Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans

The Golden Age of TV

"Our Guns Make the Violence That People Are Fleeing": Ieva Jusionyte on Guns & Violence in Mexico

Literature in the Time of Suicide

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Taking Apart a Metaphor: Dan Sinykin and Sarah Brouillette on the Literary Ecosystem

Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans

The Golden Age of TV

"Our Guns Make the Violence That People Are Fleeing": Ieva Jusionyte on Guns & Violence in Mexico

Literature in the Time of Suicide