{"value"=>"<p>Professional correspondence includes letters between Esfandiary, his literary agents at Curtis Brown, Ltd. and prospective publishers. The letters document the period of Esfandiary's career in which he pursued the composition and publication of fiction and cultural commentary in earnest. The correspondence shows the reception of Esfandiary's work at publishing companies and includes royalty statements and contract information from articles published in the <span class=\"title\">New York Times Magazine</span>, <span class=\"title\">Saturday Review</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">Nation</span>. For correspondence regarding Esfandiary's published works after 1969, see his reader mail in Series II. Writings, subseries B. Published Books.</p>"}