An Editor’s Burial Journals and Journalism from the New Yorker and Other Magazines

A scintillating collection of inspirations for Wes Anderson's star-studded tenth film The French Dispatch--fascinating essays on the expatriate experience in Paris by some of the twentieth century's finest writers.

A glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross. Together: they invented modern magazine journalism. Includes an introductory interview by Susan Morrison with Anderson about transforming fact into a fiction and the creation of his homage to these exceptional reporters.

Wes Anderson's films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox, Isle of Dogs and Moonrise Kingdom. The Paris Dispatch is forthcoming in July 24, 2020.

Contents
 
 
The Pilot Light                                                                      7
A conversation between Wes Anderson and Susan Morrison
The Years with Ross                                                         25
JAMES THURBER
Here at The New Yorker                                                 42
BRENDAN GILL
The Other Paris                                                                  54
LUC  SANTE
Thirty-two Rats from Casablanca                                81
JOSEPH MITCHELL
Mr. Hulot                                                                           103
LILLIAN  ROSS
Remembering Mr. Shawn                                             107
VED  MEHTA
The Days of Duveen                                                         129
S.M.  BEHRMAN
Art Talker                                                                          166
CALVIN  TOMKINS The Events in May: A Paris Notebook Part I               170
MAVIS  GALLANT
Dearest Edith                                                                   229
JANET  FLANNER
Equal in Paris                                                                239
JAMES BALDWIN
Memoirs of a Feeder in France: A Good Appetite      261
A.J.  LIEBLING
Memoirs of a Feeder in France: Just Enough Money 285
A.J.  LIEBLING
Wolcott Gibbs                                                                   307
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Harold Ross: A Recollection                                         310
S.M.  BEHRMAN
H.W. Ross                                                                         318
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Letters from The New Yorker Archives             323
Acknowledgments                                                      351