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The Atlantic Wire's Best Revisitation of a Cultural Icon in their list of the best books for 2012. Are you a New Yorker magazine groupie? Do you wait every week just to laugh at the cartoons and read Talk of the Town? If so, we have a book for you . . . The magazine's eccentricity was not lost on Groth. Lucky for us. USA Today An evocative memoir. People [Groth's] collected the sort of gossipy anecdotes that would have you hanging on her every word at a literary cocktail party. Entertainment Weekly This is not a juicy tell-all Groth remained an outsider as much as she was an insider at the magazine throughout her tenure, and legendary editor William Shawn stays a shadowy figure on the floor above throughout the book. Instead, she paints a picture of a naive Midwesterner with a mane of thick blond hair coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s, experiencing the era's turbulent politics and sexual revolution, all from behind the receptionist desk. The Associated Press A literate, revelatory examination of self. The Boston Globe Groth can be charmingly offhanded: anecdotal, gently gossipy . . . The Berryman chapter, one of the first in the book, is also among the finest . . . As a poet-teacher, she recalls, he so invested his ego in his work that he was ego-free, a fleshless, selfless lover of enlightenment, pure spirit. That's a terrific description, evoking not just his classroom style but also the humor and erudition of his poems. Los Angeles Times [Groth] is witty, honest, and self-deprecating, without whining, and quite a good role model. Booklist Revelatory . . . deeply reflective . . . Groth chronicles the many dazzling personalities whose lives touched, and moved, hers. Publishers Weekly An honest and engaging memoir for fans of the magazine and histories of Mad Men-era New York. Library Journal A nostalgic, wistful look at life inside one of America's most storied magazines, and the personal and professional limbo of the woman who

Are you a New Yorker magazine groupie? Do you wait every week just to laugh at the cartoons and read Talk of the Town? If so, we have a book for you . . . The magazine's eccentricity was not lost on Groth. Lucky for us. -- USA Today An evocative memoir. -- People [Groth's] collected the sort of gossipy anecdotes that would have you hanging on her every word at a literary cocktail party. -- Entertainment Weekly This is not a juicy tell-all - Groth remained an outsider as much as she was an insider at the magazine throughout her tenure, and legendary editor William Shawn stays a shadowy figure on the floor above throughout the book. Instead, she paints a picture of a naive Midwesterner with a mane of thick blond hair coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s, experiencing the era's turbulent politics and sexual revolution, all from behind the receptionist desk. -- The Associated Press A literate, revelatory examination of self. -- The Boston Globe Groth can be charmingly offhanded: anecdotal, gently gossipy . . . The Berryman chapter, one of the first in the book, is also among the finest . . . 'As a poet-teacher, ' she recalls, 'he so invested his ego in his work that he was ego-free, a fleshless, selfless lover of enlightenment, pure spirit.' That's a terrific description, evoking not just his classroom style but also the humor and erudition of his poems. -- Los Angeles Times [Groth] is witty, honest, and self-deprecating, without whining, and quite a good role model. -- Booklist Revelatory . . . deeply reflective . . . Groth chronicles the many dazzling personalities whose lives touched, and moved, hers. -- Publishers Weekly An honest and engaging memoir for fans of the magazine and histories of Mad Men-era New York. -- Library Journal A nostalgic, wistful look at life inside one of America's most storied magazines, and the personal and professional limbo of the woman who answered the phone . . . This bookish girl from flyover country who became a Mad Me

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