Portraits in Print: A Collection of Profiles and the Stories Behind Them

by Helen Benedict

Book Overview

The journalistic profile is one of the most popular, widely read types of magazine feature writing. Helen Benedict, a master of the genre, has collected for Portraits in Print nine of her best pieces, and provided a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the art of portrait journalism.

Among the persons profiled here are Joseph Brodsky, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Susan Sontag, Paule Marshall, Bernard Malamud, and Beverly Sills. In a general...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231072279
• ISBN13: 9780231072274
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"