The receptionist an education at the New Yorker
Describes the author's career as a receptionist at the prestigious New Yorker magazine, recounting her relationships with famous poets, essayists, and playwrights, and chronicling the behind-the-scenes affairs of the magazine and its staff.
| Main Author: | Groth, Janet, 1936- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction, or, Jack spills the beans
- Homage to Mr. Berryman
- On writing, not writing, and lunching with Joe
- Remembering Muriel
- Rough passage through the New Yorker Art Department
- Party girl
- Back on reception
- Fritz
- Intermezzo
- Fritz, the denouement
- A world awry
- A new roommate
- Greece : the journey out
- Greece : the journey in
- Changing
- A Renaissance man
- Mr. Right at last
- What the receptionist received.