Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of the New Yorker
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WINNER OF THE SPERBER PRIZE - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - This
fascinating biography reveals the untold story of the legendary New
Yorker profile writer--author of Joe Gould's Secret and Up in the
Old Hotel--and unravels the mystery behind one of literary
history's greatest disappearing acts. Born and raised in North
Carolina, Joseph Mitchell was Southern to the core. But from the
1930s to the 1960s, he was the voice of New York City. Readers of
The New Yorker cherished his intimate sketches of the people who
made the city tick--from Mohawk steelworkers to Staten Island
oystermen, from homeless intellectual Joe Gould to Old John
McSorley, founder of the city's most famous saloon. Mitchell's
literary sensibility combined with a journalistic eye for detail
produced a writing style that would inspire New Journalism
luminaries such as Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, and Joan Didion. Then,
all of a sudden, his stories stopped appearing. For thirty years,
Mitchell showed up for work at The New Yorker, but he produced . .
. nothing. Did he have something new and exciting in store? Was he
working on a major project? Or was he bedeviled by an epic case of
writer's block? The first full-length biography of Joseph Mitchell,
based on the thousands of archival pages he left behind and dozens
of interviews, Man in Profile pieces together the life of this
beloved and enigmatic literary legend and answers the question that
has plagued readers and critics for decades: What was Joe Mitchell
doing all those years? By the time of his death in 1996, Mitchell
was less well known for his elegant writing than for his J. D.
Salinger-like retreat from the public eye. For thirty years,
Mitchell had wandered the streets of New York, chronicling the
lives of everyday people and publishing them in the most
prestigious publication in town. But by the 1970s, crime,
homelessness, and a crumbling infrastructure had transformed the
city Mitchell understood so well and spoke for so articulately. He
could barely recognize it. As he said to a friend late in life, I'm
living in a state of confusion. Fifty years after his last story
appeared, and almost two decades after his death, Joseph Mitchell
still has legions of fans, and his story--especially the mystery of
his disappearance--continues to fascinate. With a colorful cast of
characters that includes Harold Ross, A. J. Liebling, Tina Brown,
James Thurber, and William Shawn, Man in Profile goes a long way to
solving that mystery--and bringing this lion of American journalism
out of the shadows that once threatened to swallow him. Praise for
Man in Profile An] authoritative new biography about] our greatest
literary journalist . . . Kunkel is the ideal biographer of Joseph
Mitchell: As . . . a writer and craftsman worthy of his
subject.--Blake Bailey, The New York Times Book Review (Editor's
Choice) A richly persuasive portrait of a man who cared about
everybody and everything.--London Review of BooksMitchell's life
and achievements are brought vividly alive in this] splendid
book.--Chicago Tribune A thoughtful and sympathetic new
biography.--Ruth Franklin, The Atlantic Excellent . . . A
first-rate Mitchell biography was very much in order.--The Wall
Street Journal
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