In the Land of Men: A Memoir

by Adrienne Miller

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A fiercely personal memoir about coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming the first female literary editor of Esquire, and Miller's personal and working relationship with David Foster Wallace

A naive and idealistic twenty-two-year-old from the Midwest, Adrienne Miller got her lucky break when she was hired as an editorial assistant at GQ magazine in the mid-nineties. Even if its sensibilities were manifestly mid-century—the martinis, powerful male egos, and unquestioned authority of kings—GQ still seemed the red-hot center of the literary world. It was there that Miller began learning how to survive in a man’s world. Three years...

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  • ISBN10 0062682423
  • ISBN13 9780062682420
  • Publish Date 13 May 2021 (first published 11 February 2020)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 5 November 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint ECCO Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English