The Receptionist, a memoir by Janet Groth, who worked at The New Yorker for twenty-one years (1957-1978) is set to be released June 26th (Algonquin Books). This Q & A “Meet the Receptionist” can be found on her publisher’s site. (William Shawn, Charles Addams, Charles Saxon, Peter DeVries content). Also, by going to a popular online book seller you
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The New Yorker’s Art Meeting: A Potted History
It’s tempting to believe that the structure of The New Yorker’s Art Department arrived fully formed in 1924 when Harold Ross, with his wife Jane Grant began pulling together his dream magazine. But of course, such was not the case. What we know for certain is that once the first issue was out, Ross and several of
Read moreComics Journal interview: Lee Lorenz
From the Comics Journal continuing series Know Your New Yorker Cartoonist, this must read interview by Richard Gehr: “Lee Lorenz, Cartoonist, Editor, Writer, Jazzbo”
Read morePat Crow: “You Make It Good”
Pat Crow, a colleague at The New Yorker and a neighbor—he lived down the street —died last week at the age of seventy-one. Pat was the elder statesman among us local upstate New Yorkers, having made his way to The New Yorker in 1967. In an 2001 interview with the Arkansas Gazette, Pat recalled that William Shawn hired him even
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