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Book reviews: 'Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus' and 'When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines'
The Historical Mystery of Jesus' by Elaine Pagels. T he compelling latest book from the best-selling religious scholar Elaine ...
Graydon Carter hired Christopher Hitchens, pissed off Trump and revealed Deep Throat. He calls himself a ‘beta male’
At Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter oversaw iconic coverage and launched the Oscars party. His memoir recalls the golden age of ...
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Graydon Carter Eulogizes the Golden Age of Magazines — as Vanity Fair Finds Itself at a Crossroads
The editor Graydon Carter’s memoir, “When the Going Was Good,” has the effect of focusing the mind on the present moment, ...
CT Culture Corner: Ex-Vanity Fair editor's memoir and Middlebury's 'Gatsby' love connection
Graydon Carter will sign books, plus the Westover School student believed to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love.
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New memoir raises debate about future of magazines
I’ve been thinking about this while reading Graydon Carter’s new memoir, “When the Going Was Good.” It’s a chatty and convivial reminiscence, walking us through Carter’s younger days ...
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Suzanne Harrington: As parents, we should allow our kids to fail and pick themselves up again
Picture: Andrew Dunsmore. In Graydon Carter’s cracking memoir, When The Going Was Good — about the mad excesses of journalism before the money ran out — the former Vanity Fair editor ...
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Why, really, is Elphaba wicked? Gregory Maguire’s prequel is a bestseller
5. WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD, by Graydon Carter with James Fox. (Penguin Press) The co-creator of Spy and former editor of Vanity Fair retraces his storied career. 6. THE ECHO MACHINE, by David Pakman.