MY BACK POCKET

Pay attention to Rachel Fershleiser.

She edited SIX-WORD MEMOIRS ON LOVE & HEARTBREAK—the home of my first published story (page 86).

Rachel and I connected over toothbrushes and birthday cakes when she emailed me the acceptance letter.

Two years later and we connect over nerds, glasses, and people who like them.

This woman is the sh#*.

blogtastic:

Someone should definitely poach this lady right up. She invented my job, which is amazing. GET HER.

nickdouglas:

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Oh hey, that’s my girlfriend in Betabeat’s “poachables” list!

Rachel Fershleiser

Position: Social media director — Bookish.com
B.P.N.: $60,000-$65,000
The bookish UPenn grad may seem like she’s at the right place. But Bookish, the reading recommendation tool backed by industry heavyweights like Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster as well as the Huffington Post, has already missed its summer launch date and seems just as dubious as most of the startups that attempt to modernize a printed medium. Which all leaves this gifted organizer without much of a community to manage. Ms. Fershleiser managed about 150 events a year and coordinated partnerships from Rolling Stone to the National Book Foundation to Kickstarter while scraping together a social media presence for the iconic nonprofit bookstore and event space. “She built Housing Works’s entire social strategy,” said a source, who implied Ms. Fershleiser would be a catch for any employer. Anyone with the patience to put a hallowed literary institution on Tumblr is worth poaching from this startup while it’s still spinning its wheels.