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Mostly, however, theyre white and in their 40sand all are women.
(Multiple sources cited one mystery token man.)
Board members tapped the candidates one by one, like pledges to an exclusive club.
They were asked to submit memos and then summoned for 45-minute sessions in the riverside townhouse.
It sounds a bit like being brought before a tribunal, says one friend of a candidate.
It seems there was some theater of power.
Interviewees were told theyd hear more in a few weeks.
But now the little journal that miraculously survived its founders death has again been forced to reinvent itself.
Theyre not bringing somebody in to fix something obviously broken.
One way to ensure continuity would be to choose someone from inside theParis Reviewbubble.
Nicole Rudick has been the interim editor since Steins sudden departure.
Shes an amazing editor, says Weisberg while emphasizing that there are several stellar applicants in the mix.
ORourke added an on-the-record quote for an updated version; Shapton did not.
Three hours after theTimesannounced Steins resignation, Heti and others started circulating the letter, petitioning for signatures.
(She didnt sign it, needless to say.)
Heti explains their thinking: She and others were worried theReviewwould hastily install a male editor to replace Stein.
It took them three months to compile a list of candidates.
Its a small world.)
Yet another contender, Eliza Griswold, is a journalist-scholar more in the Gourevitch mode.
Two weeks after those interviews at the townhouse, the board itself remains silent about the process.
An email went out to applicants on Wednesday reiterating the requirement of confidentiality.
According to one source, the committee has requested second interviews for the coming weeks.
But according to another, they are still soliciting suggestions for new candidates.
What that choice will demonstrate continuity or radical change or something in between is anyones guess.
But we wouldnt put our money on the token man.
