An Editor's Burial: Journals and Journalism from the New Yorker and Other Magazines

Book Overview

Inspirations for Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch- fascinating essays on the expatriate experience in Paris by some of the twentieth century's finest writers.

A glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross. Together: they invented modern magazine journalism. Includes an introductory interview by Susan Morrison with Anderson about transforming fact into a fiction and the creation of his homage to these exceptional reporters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782276645
• ISBN13: 9781782276647
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"