Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. For more than fifty years, his friends made a circle whose circumference was vast and whose center was a fashionable tenement on New York's East Seventy-second street. Taxi drivers, hearing his address, …
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 ca…
The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Erskine Caldwell, James Jones, Sherwood Anderson and other great authors. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not on…
A-- The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but also as critic, career manager, moneylender, p…
A biography of Maxwell Perkins, an editor who was deeply involved in the literary careers of Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Erskine Caldwell, James Jones, Sherwood Anderson and other great authors.
"NBC News" senior writer Dokoupil offers a gripping examination of his longtime marijuana-dealing father, as well as a researched look at the evolution of American narcotics laws. In the early 1970s, Dokoupil's father, also named Tony, dropped out of graduate school to deal mari…
"NBC News"senior writer Dokoupil offers a gripping examination of his longtime marijuana-dealing father, as well as a researched look at the evolution of American narcotics laws. In the early 1970s, Dokoupil's father, also named Tony, dropped out of graduate school to deal marij…
"Willie Morris the famously talented - and complex - writer and editor, helped to remake American journalism and wrote more than a dozen books, including the classic memoirs My Dog Skip and North Toward Home. His time at the head of Harper's magazine, where he was made editor at…
Le verso de la jaquette indique : "Max Eastman (1883-1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access to the Eastm…
"Max Eastman (1883-1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access to the Eastman family archive, allowing him to…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Faun with a Typewriter -- Chapter 1. The Devil at Park Church -- Chapter 2. Dearest of All Lovers -- Chapter 3. A Village Apollo -- Chapter 4. The Flea from Tangier -- Chapter 5. We Were Beautiful Gods -- Cha…