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Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At twenty-two, a naïve Midwesterner, Adrienne Miller got a lucky break when she was hired as an editorial assistant at GQ. The mid-nineties were still the golden age of print journalism, and a publication like GQ then seemed the red-hot center of the literary world, even if their sensibilities were manifestly mid-century-the martinis, the male egos, and the unquestioned authority of kings. Still, Adrienne learned to hold her own in a man's world,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The biographer reflects upon her own life, from discovering books as a form of escapism during her parents' divorce to mingling in the London literary scene of the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies.
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
423 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of poignant, hilarious, and candid reflections by more than two hundred friends, colleagues, and family members shares memories of the iconic creator of "participatory journalism," following Plimpton's life from his privileged youth to his literary and journalism career in accounts by such notables as William Styron, Norman Mailer, and Calvin Trillin.
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiii, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nadis presents a rollicking true story of Ray Palmer, the Amazing Stories editor who ruled over America's fantasy and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century and shaped today's UFO and sci-fi cultures.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking...