Inside the Creative Industries: What Really Happens Behind the Curtain

PJ Parish talks with Chuck Sambuchino, Clay Stafford, Donna Bagdasarian, Hallie Ephron, MaryGlenn McCombs, and Robbie Bryan about what really happens behind the scenes in publishing, bookselling, reviewing, editing, theater, film, and television. Together, they offer a rare and wide-ranging look at how these creative industries actually work.

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