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When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines | Graydon Carter

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As I‘ve mentioned, I have appreciated Carter for years. I especially loved Vanity Fair when he was editor from 1992-2017. So I am partial to enjoying this book. If you didn‘t get to experience the brilliance of the writers & articles in VF you probably won‘t like this. Everyone he talks about is familiar to me, it feels a bit gossipy, and really ramps up halfway through. The money spent! The parties orchestrated! And Trump and his short fingers!

Suet624 #offtheshelf #10BeforetheEnd 2d

dabbe Another thing we have in common! I ADORE Graydon Carter and subscribed to VANITY FAIR the entire time he was editor. Dominick Dunne, Christopher Hitchens, the Proust Questionnaire, .... L♥️VE! #stacked 1d

Suet624 @dabbe LOL. YES! I‘m embarrassed to admit that my children knew better than to open up that plastic cover that the magazine came in. It was my one present to myself every month and I wanted to be the one to open up that package. so many great writers, so many great photos. There really was nothing else like it. 1d

dabbe @Suet624 I've even bought all of the big picture books from that era, especially the OSCAR ones. I loved how meaty the magazine was, too. The articles were in depth and LONG! The ads were gorgeous! Now, it's quite sad.
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Suet624 @dabbe exactly! Carter mentions in the book that the magazines were 400 pages, including the ads. The current magazine is a far cry from that. 1d

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