Reporting Always: Writings from The New Yorker

ISBN: 1501116002

Author: Ross, Lillian

Condition: Used

From the inimitable veteran New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross-a stunning collection of Rosss iconic New Yorker pieces.A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1945, Lillian Ross is one of the few journalists who worked for both the magazines founding editor, Harold Ross, and its current editor, David Remnick. Ross invented the entertainment profile. She was the first person to write journalism in scenes as novelists do, and her profiles are full of humor and details that bring her subjects alive on the page. Her style has been studied and imitated by numerous writers. But there is only one Lillian Ross: spirited, funny, factual, and unforgettable.Reporting Always collects a wide range of Lillian Rosss New Yorker articles and Talk of the Town pieces spanning sixty years, bringing readers into Robin Williamss living room; Harry Winstons office; the afterschool hangouts of Manhattan private-school children; the hotel rooms of Ernest Hemingway, John Huston, and Charlie Chaplin; onto the tennis court with John McEnroe; and into the lives of many other famous and not-so-famous characters. Rosss portraits are filled with rich details that reveal her subjects in amusing and perceptive ways.A foreword by David Remnick discusses Rosss trademark style and her important place in the history of The New Yorker.