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- On opposite sides of Europe, US troops are practicing new ways to get to battle
- With a backlog of over 1.3 million cases, the 500 immigration judges in the US feel overburdened and pressured to deport
- Police union PACs have spent $510,000 targeting The Squad, but may not be aiming to unseat them as much as raise funds for themselves, report says
- Meet NYC Mayoral candidate Ray McGuire, a former Wall Street exec who wants to accelerate small businesses to the top
A SIMPLE ‘NO, thanks’ would have sufficed.
Being rejected is tough enough with the jobs market at such a low ebb.
Being rejected in this manner is just cruel (and it’s not a new phenomenon if 1938 Disney HR is anything to go by…)
Sub Pop Records addresses its letter ‘Dear Loser’.
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The New York Times does not like the use of the word “asshole”.
Source: Other People’s Rejection Letters/Random House
The literary quarterly New Delta Review couldn’t describe how bad a manuscript was.
Random House
Source: Other People’s Rejection Letters/Random House
Author Gertrude Stein was probably fuming when she got this letter from publisher Arthur C Fifield mocking her manuscript of Three Lives.
Random House
An editor offered about the harshest criticism you can give a freelancer.
Literary Rejections on Display
Before he became famous for masterpieces such as Beetlejuice and The Nightmare before Christmas, Tim Burton was rejected by Disney.
Snowball Effekt
In 1938, Disney wouldn’t even consider women in the creative department.
Random House
- Vivian Giang and Lynne Guey
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