zoe heller is in the first issue, and she's paired with adam kirsch. zoe heller is, of course, a novelist perhaps best known by her recent novels, "the believers." adam kirsch is a columnist for tablet magazine, an online publication, and a senior editor at the new republic as well as a published poet. we also have in coming weeks dana stevens who's a film clinic from slate, ann a holmes, the founding editor of jezebel, part of the gawker media group. let's see, jennifer sly is another columnist and francine prose who has written more than 20 books, fiction and nonfiction. >> host: that's a nice selection. we appreciate your naming some of those. pamela paul, one of the things you mentioned is that the book world is or may be small. is the book world small and insular? >> guest: well, you know, i think it can feel that way, especially be you're in it -- if you're in it. from the outside it might seem like it's this huge, inpenetrable force that doesn't let outsiders in, but what i really want to do is open that up. i think that people continue to read

so we kill or is paired with adam kirsch. so he is a novelist perhaps best known by her recent novels the believers and notes from a scandal which has turned into a film. adam kirsch is a columnist for tablet magazine and on line publication and the senior editor at the new republic as well as a published poet. we also have in the coming weeks dana stevens who is a film critic from slate and the homes the founding editor of jezebel which is a popular web site media group. jenna first ally is another columnist and francine prose has written more than 20 books. fiction and nonfiction. >> host: that is a nice selection and we appreciate you naming some of those. pamela paul one of the things you mentioned is that the book world is or may he small. is the book world small? >> guest: well if you know i think you can feel that way especially if you come from the outside. it may seem like it's a huge impenetrable force that doesn't let outsiders in. but we want to do is open that up. i think people continue to read and the same numb