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My Mistake

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My Mistake

A wry, witty, often tender memoir by a former New Yorker editor, magazine writer, and book publisher who offers great tales of a life in words
Daniel Menaker started as a fact checker at The New Yorker in 1969. With luck, hard work, and the support of William Maxwell, he was eventually promoted to editor. Never beloved by William Shawn, he was advised early on to find a position elsewhere; he stayed for another twenty-four years.
Now Menaker brings us a new view of life in that wonderfully strange place and beyond, throughout his more than forty years working to celebrate language and good writing.
He tells us his own story, tooâ€”with irrepressible style and honestyâ€”of a life spent persevering through often difficult, nearly always difficult-to-read, situations. Haunted by a self-doubt sharpened by his role in his brotherâ€™s unexpected death, he offers wry, hilarious observations on publishing, child-rearing, parent-losing, and the writing life. But as time goes by, we witness something far beyond the incidental: a moving, thoughtful meditation on years well lived, well read, and well spent. Full of mistakes, perhaps. But full of effort, full of accomplishment, full of life.

Country	USA
Author	Daniel Menaker
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
EAN	9780547794235
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Great product!
ISBN	0547794231
Label	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Manufacturer	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2013-11-19
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ReleaseDate	2013-11-19
Studio	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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