"The Editor Function fills an enormous void in the literary history of the postwar era. Abram Foley's meticulous archival scholarship reveals the centrality–and the elusiveness–of editors and their practices. This is a must-read book for scholars of contemporary U.S. fiction and poetry, as well as for those interested in small-press publishing and avant-garde communities."–Paul Stephens, author of absence of clutter: minimal writing as art and literature
"If early modern Europe saw the 'author function' assume some of the social and legal roles traditionally played by publishers, Abram Foley shows us a more recent assumption of literary and artistic roles by editors. In the process, The Editor Function boldly extends the scope of literary history to the dynamic practices of publishing itself."–Craig Dworkin, author of Dictionary Poetics: Toward a Radical Lexicography
"Foley excels in weaving a complicated web of editors, authors, and publishing houses, each with their own agenda in creating postwar American literary culture... [The Editor Function] fills an obvious gap in literature about literary publishing following World War II into the present."–College Research Libraries
