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Obras por Thomas Vinciguerra

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Backward Ran Sentences: The Best of Wolcott Gibbs from the New Yorker (2011) — Editor & Introduction — 78 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Vinciguerra, Thomas
Data de nascimento
1963-10-08
Data de falecimento
2021-02-22
Sexo
male
Educação
Columbia University
Ocupações
editor
Organizações
The Week

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The New Yorker is arguably the most storied publication in the United States, and this book, documenting its first 25 years is full of memorable 9some may say eccentric) characters.

From the founder and editor Harold Ross, to Wolcott Gibbs, James Thurber, E, B, White, Katharine Angell, John O'Hara, and John Hershey the book chronicles how these brilliant and talented people created a magazine that grew to be the thought leader of the country. My only complaint is that there is too little Dorothy Parker.… (mais)
 
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etxgardener | 2 outras críticas | Feb 18, 2021 |
Delicious fights among writer, cartoonists and playwrights. Very witty story of the beginning of the New Yorker.
 
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dimajazz | 2 outras críticas | Nov 24, 2017 |
I have always been a sucker for The New Yorker. Curiously, however, I've rarely read the magazine. Instead, I'm an aficionado of some of the fine journalism that graces its pages. And I'm entranced how one man (founder and original editor Harold Ross) managed to corral so many talented writers and to somehow keep them locked onto his vision for a truly metropolitan weekly magazine.
This book was a wonderful read for me
 
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dickmanikowski | 2 outras críticas | May 13, 2016 |

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Membros
71
Popularidade
#245,552
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
3
ISBN
7

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