My Mistake

A former New Yorker editor and book publisher shares a “ ruefully funny insider’s tour of the publishing world” in this delightful memoir (Vogue.com). A  New York Times Book Review  Editors’ Choice Daniel Menaker started as a fact checker at  The New Yorker  in 1969. With luck, hard work, and the support of William Maxwell, he was eventually promoted to editor. Never beloved by the magazine’s legendary editor William Shawn, he was advised early on to find a position elsewhere