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Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Americans are spending money on beauty despite a pullback elsewhere | Ways of life, Police: 2 dead, 5 injured in Norfolk, Virginia. Terry was born on December 18, 1954 in Princeton, the son of Howard and Patricia Read More, William 'Bill' Janssen Born: April 19, 1936 Died: January 16, 2023 William "Bill" Janssen died on Monday, January 16, 2023, at his home in Haymarket, Virginia, after being diagnosed with lung cancer a few months earlier. JAMES LORD OBITUARY LORD, JAMES STERLING, 58, born 8-11-45. His first marriage, he would acknowledge, helped inspire him to go into business for himself. Kerouac declined, but Lorde was so impressed with the book that he ended up pitching Kesey for his next work, Sometimes a Big Idea. The baby in the group was the political analyst Jeff Greenfield. He also prided himself on his sympathy for writers who lived far more wildly than he did. His clients included Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Howard Fast, Jimmy Breslin, and Doris Kearns Goodwin . The uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. An editor from Viking Press contacted Mr. Lord, offering an advance of $900. Lord achieved rapid success by selling the film rights to two popular sports books, Rocky Graziano Somebody Up There Likes Me and Jimmy Pearsella Fear is knocked out. But Lords quest On the Road will prove to be more uneven. I decided to go home, he told the AP in 2013. Inside Kerouacs weather-beaten knapsack and wrapped in a newspaper, Mr. Lord recalled, was a manuscript that Kerouac handed gingerly to him. Born to missionary parents in the West Indies, she loved the diversity of the world, believed in Read More, Alice B. HENRIETTA L. LORD, died at her home in Columbus on April 9, 2002. . Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102 The agent sold excerpts to The Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. With a rare tenacity, he endured the initial reluctance of the publishers embrace Kerouacs unconventional narrative and later was a longtime agent for a poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, a novelist Ken Kesey poet and owner of the Lights of the City bookstore. Sterling Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa, on Sept. 3, 1920. He stayed with the company he founded until almost 100 years old, and then decided to open a new one. Mr. Lord had represented him for a mere 44 years. Thanks to his friendship with Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Lord helped launch Stan and Jan Berenstains multimillion-selling books about an anthropomorphic bear family. After serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, Lord co-owned the Germany-based magazine Weekend, which soon folded. On September 3, 2022, star literary agent and book enthusiast, Sterling Lord, passed away at the age of 102 in Ocala, . What was your name before you changed it? a friend once asked Sterling Lord. He stayed with the company he founded until almost 100 years old, and then decided to open a new one. Born in Crisfield, MD, on February 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Charles and Laura Mae Sterling. Journal Advocate Obituaries - Legacy.com In this Jan. 8 2013 file photo, literary agent Sterling Lord speaks during an interview in his New York office. He had just turned 102. Sterling Lord, famed literary agent, dies at 102 in Ocala, Florida A number of things about this business really caught my eye and got me very interested, Lord told the AP in 2013. In the early 1960s, Viking asked Lorde to obtain publicity from Kerouac for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Keseys first and best-known novel. According to the funeral home, the following Read More, Valerie A. Hill Died: February 2, 2023 STERLING " Valerie A. Hill, age 63, died Thursday, February 2, 2023 at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood. Sterling Lord Death - Sterling - InsideEko.com News Media | Facebook NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102. Hes OK., Mr. Lords clients appreciated his gentility, which appeared in ever-sharper relief as the book business became increasingly commercial and cutthroat. And third, Ive been able to meet some extraordinarily interesting people.. He just turned 102 years old. The agent eventually sold excerpts to The Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. The agent eventually sold excerpts to the Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. A . These guys bad guys have unbelievable antennae, Mr. Pileggi said. With rare persistence, he endured the initial unwillingness of publishers to take on Kerouacs unorthodox narrative, and he later was the longtime agent for poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, novelist Ken Kesey, and poet and City Lights bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He gradually yielded day-to-day management of the company Sterling Lord Literistic. First, Im interested in good writing. After years of failed attempts, a filmed version of On the Road was released in 2012. Anne was born July 26, 1927 in Gary, IN. GEORGE NICHOLSON Obituary (2015) - New York, NY - New York Times Mr. Lord gradually yielded day-to-day management and eventually sold his stock. Kerouac already had completed a conventional novel, The Town and the City, but had no agent and needed one for his next book: On the Road was typed, as Lord was among the first to know, on a 120-foot scroll of architectural tracing paper., Lord believed that Kerouac had a fresh, distinctive voice that should be heard. But the industry was not in the mood. Elijah W. Sterling of Dover, DE, went home to be with the Lord on November 21, 2019. Even younger editors who may have related to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. Sterling Lawrence | Obituary | Bangor Daily News One editor wrote to Lord that Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. [3], Last edited on 5 September 2022, at 21:13, "The Agent from Iowa Who Found Greatness", "Legendary Literary Agent Sterling Lord on How Jack Kerouac Got His Start", "Sterling Lord, Premier Literary Agent, Is Dead at 102", "Sterling Lord '42, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters", "A Memoir by Kerouac's Agent, Sterling Lord", "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Celebrates His 100th Birthday With a Novel", "Little Boy by Lawrence Ferlinghetti review unleashing the word-hoard", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sterling_Lord&oldid=1108705940, This page was last edited on 5 September 2022, at 21:13. And third, Ive been able to meet some extraordinarily interesting people.. He married Marilyn Colson on Read More, Luella Ruth Sheffler Born: June 24, 1926 in Escanaba, MI Died: January 19, 2023 in Sterling, IL Luella Ruth Sheffler, 96 of Sterling, died Thursday, January 19, 2023 at the Citadel of Sterling. When Kerouac died in October 1969, Mr. Lord was at his funeral, both incongruous natty as ever in his blue shirt with the white collar and a dark necktie, as the Beat writer and historian John Clellon Holmes later wrote and at home amid the aging Beats, youthful acolytes and assorted locals gathered at a Roman Catholic church in Lowell, Mass. He negotiated the terms between McGinnis and the accused killer Geoffrey McDonald, later convicted, for the true crime classic Fatal Vision. Lord had met many agents during his magazine years and believed they failed to understand that the American public was becoming more urban and sophisticated. [3] His father, also named Sterling, was an executive at the Leopold Desk Company in Burlington who also worked as a bookbinder. His last years with the agency were unhappy, however, as he came to feel that some of his colleagues were undermining him. Mr. Lord had met many agents during his magazine years and believed they failed to understand that the American public was becoming more urban and sophisticated. Thanks to his friendship with Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Lord helped launch Stan and Jan Berenstains multimillion-selling books about an anthropomorphic bear family. She married John Atilano on Mary 17, 1947 Read More, John Michael Underwood Born: September 17, 1946 in Dixon, IL Died: February 22, 2023 in Sterling, IL John M. Underwood, 76 of Sterling, passed away very peacefully on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Oakfield - Sterling Lawrence, 66, went to be with his Lord on March 27, 2022, in Bangor. Jo enjoyed her employment with Shaw Newspaper for 32 years, working from receptionist Read More, Steven E. Moeller Born: January 3, 1956 in Dixon, IL Died: January 8, 2023 in Sterling, IL Steven E. Moeller, age 67, of Sterling, died Sunday, January 8, 2023 at The Citadel of Sterling. Sterling Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa, on Sept. 3, 1920, the son of Sterling and Ruth Towne Whiting Lord. His first marriage, he would acknowledge, helped inspire him to go into business for himself. It took Mr. Lord four years to sell the book, for a measly $1,000. Lord had quick success by selling film rights to two popular sports books, Rocky Grazianos Somebody Up There Likes Me and Jimmy Piersalls Fear Strikes Out. But Lords On the Road quest would prove bumpier. Lord turned them down, much to their surprise and anger. But he was alert to new trends and an early ambassador for a revolutionary cultural movement: the Beats. Ruth was born on June 24, 1926 in Escanaba, MI, the daughter of Joseph and Edna (Martel) Read More, Michael Hoyle Born: May 9, 1950 in Dixon, IL Died: January 18, 2023 in Rockford, IL STERLING Michael Hoyle, age 72, died Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at Javon Bae Hospital in Rockford. Johnsons The Vantage Point, ultimately published in 1971, was dismissed by critics as bland and uninformative. He stayed with the company he founded until he was nearly 100 and then decided to launch a new one. Kerouac had already finished the regular novel The Town and the City , but had no agent and certainly needed one for his next book: On the Road was printed, Lord was one of the first to learn, on a 120-foot roll of architectural tracing paper . In 1976, his book Returning The Serve Intelligently was included in the United States Tennis Instructional Series published by Doubleday. Books and tennis were lifelong passions for Lord, born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1920.