{"value"=>"<p>The subseries consists of carbon copies and photocopies of letters from Giroux and his administrative assistants to authors, literary agents, and publishers. These letters provide a running chronicle of the day-to-day concerns of a modern publishing company. The topics include translation agreements, prospective employees and interns, manuscripts submitted for possible publication, evaluations of requests to quote from FSG authors, and negotiation of contractual terms. Typical examples of topics include discussions of arrangements for Akira Kurosawa to visit the U.S., a recommendation for Tom Wolfe to be admitted into the Century Association, a letter of recommendation endorsing a student for admittance into Kenyon College, arrangements for Walker Percy's memorial service, and a letter to the xxNew York Times Book Reviewxx disputing the Shakespearean authorship of a poem.</p> <p>Some of the more salient points of interest in this subseries are as follows: \"January 1985 - September 1986\" contain correspondence concerning translations of works by Marguerite Yourcenar such as xxComme L'Eau Qui Coulexx and preparations for the publication of her biography of Yukio Mishima; \"July 1985 - September 1986\" contain discussion both of Alice Miller's xxPictures of a Childhoodxx and Danilo Kis's xxHourglassxx; \"October - December 1986\" contains letters concerning plans to publish xxThe Collected Prose of Robert Lowellxx edited by Giroux; \"July 1990\" contains a lengthy manuscript by Robert J. Bijl.</p>"}