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Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker : the invisible art of editing / Ved Mehta

This account examines William Shawn's tenure as editor-in-chief of The New Yorker from 1952 to 1987. It provides an inside view of how the magazine was organised and the collaborative relationships between its writers and editors.

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