You better let me take this. They’d never believe it coming from you.” That’s legendary New York Times editor R.W. Apple at ...

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Review: When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines – Graydon Carter (Grove Press) When the Going Was Good is an apt title for a book about the ...

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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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