George Plimpton

The Bicycle Thief: Philip Gourevitch’s Paris Review

Philip Gourevitch.
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Philip Gourevitch.

Philip Gourevitch is young, attractive, socially ambitious and successful. And it’s his job to make George Plimpton’s magazine remarkable again in an era that no longer produces George Plimptons.  read more »

Infinite, Abject Apologies: Wallace Begins to Wear Thin

David Foster Wallace, anti-journalist, outstanding in his field.
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David Foster Wallace, anti-journalist, outstanding in his field.

Consider the Books Editor.  read more »

Gourevitch Moves The Paris Review To Terra Tribeca

Philip Gourevitch in the new downtown office of <i>The Paris Review</i>.
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Philip Gourevitch in the new downtown office of The Paris Review.

“We have a new office. The staff is pretty much entirely new.  read more »

Power Punk: John Hodgman

McSweeney's with milk and cookies; host warms up city's icy literary tribe; Plimpton, Bloom figure p  read more »

The Poverty Crisis

Since the economy slid into recession a couple of years ago, New Yorkers have read about high-flying  read more »

The Last Gentleman

In those days, The Paris Review occupied a one-room ground floor office on the East River with a lio  read more »

The Eight Day Week

Wednesday 20th They're 50! And they love it! They love it, they love it, they love it!  read more »

Our Dinner With Jenna … Chelsea's R.V. Cowboy

Our Dinner With JennaMy friend Bill (not his real name) and I wanted to write a story about Jenna Ja  read more »

Clinton's a Compartmentalizer-Are You?

It was summer 1996, and the writer George Plimpton was sitting opposite Bill Clinton on Air Force 1  read more »

An Oral History of George Plimpton: The Man Does Everything Rather Well

If Manhattan can be said to have a man of letters, few would argue with bestowing that title on Geor  read more »