My Mistake: A Memoir
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- Synopsis
- A former New Yorker editor and book publisher shares a &“ruefully funny insider&’s tour of the publishing world&” in this delightful memoir (Vogue.com). A New York Times Book Review Editors&’ Choice Daniel Menaker started as a fact checker at The New Yorker in 1969. With luck, hard work, and the support of William Maxwell, he was eventually promoted to editor. Never beloved by the magazine&’s legendary editor William Shawn, he was advised early on to find a position elsewhere; he stayed for another twenty-four years. Now Menaker offers an insightful and intimate account of that wonderfully strange place—as well as the publishing world at large and his own life—in this &“tender, smart, and witty&” memoir (Real Simple).My Mistake is a moving, thoughtful meditation on years well lived, well read, and well spent. Full of mistakes, perhaps. But full of effort, full of accomplishment, full of life.&“Energetic and exhilarating . . . [Menaker&’s] clever, fast-paced prose makes you stop and think and wonder.&” —New York Times Book Review
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 256 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780547794242
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780544334533
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Date of Addition:
- 03/04/25
- Copyrighted By:
- status in your country.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Communication
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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