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George Plimpton

James Salter photographed by Jill Krementz on September 12, 1993, in East Hampton.
Jun 21

James Salter, Writer of Beautiful American Sentences, Has Died

James Salter, another great writer I adored from the Paris Review, has died
By Andy Bellin
Jun 21

George Plimpton, Famed Editor and Sportswriter, Commemorated on Day of Doc Premiere

In celebration of Plimpton!, a documentary about George Plimpton, the legendary sports journalist and founding editor of The Paris Review,
By Rozalia Jovanovic
Apr 20

‘City’ Goes Dark: Writers Reflect on the Closing of a Times Section

Last week New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announced that the paper would be restructuring its Sunday Metro section
By Matt Haber
Nov 14

Graydon Carter, George Plimpton’s Understudy

By Matt Haber
Oct 30

The Bicycle Thief: Philip Gourevitch’s Paris Review

By Doree Shafrir
Dec 12

Infinite, Abject Apologies: Wallace Begins to Wear Thin

By Adam Begley
Dec 15

Power Punk: John Hodgman

By George Gurley
Oct 6

The Last Gentleman

By David Michaelis
Oct 6

The Poverty Crisis

By NYO Staff
Feb 25

The Eight Day Week

By Alexandra Jacobs
Dec 11

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

By NYO Staff
Jan 11

Clinton’s a Compartmentalizer-Are You?

By Alexandra Jacobs
Dec 22

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

By George Gurley
Dec 15

Glowing, Then Gossipy Talk: An Oral Fix on Truman Capote

By Adam Begley
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