A careful, judicious, wide-ranging editor, Emily has spent the past five years working on some of our biggest reviews, such as Isabel Wilkerson’s masterful take on Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” while marshaling a great many chewy essays - Donna Tartt on Charles Portis, Tony Scott’s “The Americans” series, Min Jin Lee on the books that formed her, Jessica Winter on our autofiction fixation, Charles Finch on what social media did to the novel and Jonathan Lethem on fake drugs in contemporary fiction, to name just a few. And before coming to The Times, he worked as an editor at Mashable, where, among many other responsibilities, he hosted the site’s online book club and its podcast, “MashReads.” When he’s not deep in a book, you can find him playing an inordinate amount of video games and baking New York Times Cooking dessert recipes.įinally, we’re delighted to announce that Emily Eakin will be promoted to senior editor. You may also have spotted him around town, moderating discussions at New York Comic Con, the Brooklyn Book Festival and the Strand.īefore joining the Book Review, MJ worked on The Times’s social media team. recommendation series, hosted live online conversations for The Times about books and more, all while overseeing the desk’s social media strategy. He has written reviews and author profiles himself, launched a new Y.A.
During his time on the desk, he has made a name for himself as a thoughtful, astute editor, working with both emerging writers and well-known literary names as he assigns reviews of fiction and nonfiction titles, including many hidden gems. We’re thrilled that MJ Franklin has been promoted to preview editor. We also have some exciting internal moves to announce. He will join the Book Review on April 17.
“He has such great judgment and brings in so many ideas talking with him about a story always helped me draw new connections and put what I thought I knew into perspective.”Īs a preview editor, Neima will help to shape our nonfiction coverage - deciding which books should be reviewed and then matching them with the perfect reviewer. “You are so lucky to have Neima,” said Amy Davidson Sorkin, with whom he worked many times at The New Yorker. After dipping a toe briefly into the law, and completing internships at The Nation and The Week, Neima landed at The New Yorker, where he worked with writers such as Jill Lepore, Kelefa Sanneh, Louis Menand, Adam Gopnik, Margaret Talbot and Alex Ross, among others, and wrote lots of freelance book reviews. Neima grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and attended Reed College in Portland, Ore., where he studied French, German and English literature. His broad knowledge, boundless curiosity and deep affection for books, authors and ideas make him a perfect fit here at the Book Review. Since 2011, Neima has worked at The New Yorker as one of the magazine’s rigorous fact-checkers while writing on topics as wide-ranging as video games, the periodic table and unionization efforts at Medieval Times ( in verse, no less!). We are excited to announce that Neima Jahromi will be joining The New York Times Book Review as our newest preview editor.
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