In the Land of Men, A Memoir

In the Land of Men, A Memoir

Miller, Adrienne

Editorial Ecco
Fecha de edición febrero 2020 · Edición nº 1

Idioma inglés

EAN 9780062682413
352 páginas
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
Dimensiones 152 mm x 228 mm


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A fiercely personal memoir about Millers coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming, at twenty-five, the first female literary editor of Esquire, and her personal and working relationship with David Foster Wallace
Adrienne Miller was a naïve twenty-two-year-old from the Midwest when she got a lucky break and was hired as an editorial assistant at GQ. The mid-nineties was still the golden age of print journalism, and a publication like GQ then seemed the red-hot center of the literary world, even if its sensibilities were manifestly mid-century'the martinis, the male egos, and the unquestioned authority of kings. Still, Miller learned to hold her own in a mans world, and three years later, she forged her own path, becoming the first woman to hold the role of literary editor of Esquire.

She was at Esquire during a unique moment in history that simultaneously saw the last days of the old guard of literary titans and the rise of a new movement, as exemplified by McSweeneys and by David Foster Wallace. Through Millers work as his editor at the magazine, Wallace would become her closest friend, confidant'and antagonist. Here is the untold story of an intellectual and artistic exchange that grew into a highly charged relationship between a young woman finding her voice and one of the most prominent writers of the era. This is a candid portrait of the mercurial man behind the spotlight, and an account of the shrouded literary world, which asks the question: How does a young woman fit into this culture and at what cost? With wit and deep intelligence, Miller presents a moving portrayal of a young womans education in a land of men.

Biografía del autor

Adrienne Miller (Ohio, 1972) fue la editora literaria y de ficción de la revista Esquire de 1997 a 2006. Es la autora de la novela The Coast of Akron y ha enseñado escritura en la Universidad de Pensilvania, en el Haverford College y en Bryn Mawr. Vive en la ciudad de Nueva York con su familia.




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