Reporting always : writings from The New Yorker

Ross, Lillian 1927- (author.).

Summary: "From ... New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross-- a stunning collection of iconic New Yorker pieces"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781501116001
ISBN: 1501116002
ISBN: 9781501116018
ISBN: 9781501116025
Physical Description: print
xxv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2015.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by David Remnick -- Introduction / by Lillian Ross -- Players. Young and happy (Julie Andrews) (1954) -- Come in, Lassie! (1948) -- Sgt. Pepper (1967) -- Workouts (Robin Williams) (1986) -- Mr. and Mrs. Williams (1993) -- Auteur! Auteur! (Al Pacino) (1995) -- Two dames (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench) (2005) -- Writers. How do you like it now, gentlemen? (Ernest Hemingway) (1950) -- Movement (1960) -- Life line (1960) -- Theatre (Edward Albee) (1974) -- Oprah's understudy (Gayle King) (2000) -- Youngsters. Symbol of all we possess (1949) -- The yellow bus (1960) -- Dancers in May (1964) -- May at St. Bernard's (Willie Mays) (1973) -- The shit-kickers of Madison Avenue (1995) -- New Yorkers. El Único matador (1949) -- Terrific (1954) -- The big stone (Harry Winston) (1954) -- The sporting scene (John McEnroe) (1997) -- Camaraderie (Ralph Kiner) (2004) -- Ellen Barkin at home (2005) -- Big Cheeses. Feeling lost (Charlie Chaplin) (1950) -- Picture, part I: throw the little old lady down the stairs! (1952) -- Coco Chanel (1957) -- With Fellini (1985) -- Rag trade (Mario Testino) (1998) -- Wes Anderson in Hamilton Heights (2001) -- Lunch with Agnes (Agnes Martin) (2003) -- Nothing fancy (Clint Eastwood) (2003) -- Money honeys (2004).