Silverberg, Ira

Ira Silverberg is a literary agent and editor in the New York publishing business. Silverberg worked as a literary agent at Donadio and Ashworth, as Editor-in-Chief at Grove/Atlantic Press, and as editorial and publishing director at Serpent's Tail's U.S. projects, High Risk Books and Midnight Classics. He also founded the marketing and public relations firm, Ira Silverberg Communications. This firm has attracted clients like The Academy of American Poets, William S. Burroughs, the estate of David Wojnarowicz, Dennis Cooper, City Lights Publications, and Re/Search Publications. He worked as a literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, and is currently Senior Editor at Simon and Schuster.

Silverberg co-edited two anthologies, High Risk (Dutton/Plume U.S.; Serpent's Tail U.K.) and High Risk 2 (Plume U.S.; Serpent's Tail U. K.), while working for Serpent's Tail. These two works were influential in defining the Downtown aesthetic.

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