{"product_id":"in-the-land-of-men-9780062682420","title":"In the Land of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fiercely personal memoir about coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming the first female literary editor of \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, and Miller's personal and working relationship with David Foster Wallace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 \u003cem\u003eGQ \u003c\/em\u003emagazine in the mid-nineties. Even if its sensibilities were manifestly mid-century--the martinis, powerful male egos, and unquestioned authority of kings--\u003cem\u003eGQ \u003c\/em\u003estill 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 later, she forged her own path, becoming the first woman to take on the role of literary editor of \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, home to the male writers who had defined manhood itself-- Hemingway, Mailer, and Carver. Up against this old world, she would soon discover that it wanted nothing to do with a \"mere girl.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this was also a unique moment in history that saw the rise of a new literary movement, as exemplified by \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney\u003c\/em\u003e's and the work of David Foster Wallace. A decade older than Miller, the mercurial Wallace would become the defining voice of a generation and the fiction writer she would work with most. He was her closest friend, confidant--and antagonist. Their intellectual and artistic exchange grew into a highly charged professional and personal relationship between the most prominent male writer of the era and a young woman still finding her voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir--a rich, dazzling story of power, ambition, and identity--ultimately asks the question \"How does a young woman fit into this male culture and at what cost?\" With great wit and deep intelligence, Miller presents an inspiring and moving portrayal of a young woman's education in a land of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The memoir I've been waiting for: a bold, incisive, and illuminating story of a woman whose devotion to language and literature comes at a hideous cost. It's Joanna Rakoff's \u003cem\u003eMy Salinger Year \u003c\/em\u003eupdated for the age of \u003cem\u003eShe Said\u003c\/em\u003e: a literary New York now long past; an intimate, fiercely realist portrait of a mythic literary figure; and now, a tender reckoning with possession, power, and what Jia Tolentino called the 'Important, Inappropriate Literary Man.' A poised and superbly perceptive narration of the problems of working with men, and of loving them.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Eleanor Henderson, author of \u003cem\u003e10,000 Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiller, Adrienne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAdrienne Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e was the literary and fiction editor of Esquire from 1997-2006. She is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Coast of Akron \u003c\/em\u003e(FSG), and has taught writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and Bryn Mawr. She lives in New York City with her husband, son, and Italian Greyhound.","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440208318738,"sku":"9780062682420","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_395169e0-b403-4e7a-9261-7f1d164954eb.jpg?v=1729658548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-land-of-men-9780062682420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}