Shawn’s patience was an extension of the unorthodox philosophy the magazine always had about its writers—all flowing from founder Harold Ross. Writers were a different, difficult, balky, and inexplica...
H. L. Mencken once felt compelled to offer a friendly piece of advice to William Saroyan. I note what you say about your aspiration to edit a magazine, said the man only a few years removed from guidi...
In retrospect I am beginning to think of him as an Atlas who lacked muscle tone but who God damn well decided he was going to hold up the world anyway.