An Editor's Burial

For anyone hoping to truly appreciate The French Dispatch, An Editor's Burial should be required reading... another of Wes Anderson's impeccably curated confections, designed to make you laugh, cry, and smile wryly * Frenchly *

Wes Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Isle of Dogs. His latest film is The French Dispatch. Susan Morrison has been the Articles Editor of The New Yorker for twenty-three years. David Brendel is a New York-based screenwriter, journalist, and documentarian.

Contents The Pilot Light 7 A conversation between Wes Anderson and Susan Morrison The Years with Ross 25 JAMES THURBER Here at The New Yorker 42 BRENDAN GILL The Other Paris 54 LUC SANTE Thirty-two Rats from Casablanca 81 JOSEPH MITCHELL Mr. Hulot 103 LILLIAN ROSS Remembering Mr. Shawn 107 VED MEHTA The Days of Duveen 129 S.M. BEHRMAN Art Talker 166 CALVIN TOMKINS The Events in May: A Paris Notebook Part I 170 MAVIS GALLANT Dearest Edith 229 JANET FLANNER Equal in Paris 239 JAMES BALDWIN Memoirs of a Feeder in France: A Good Appetite 261 A.J. LIEBLING Memoirs of a Feeder in France: Just Enough Money 285 A.J. LIEBLING Wolcott Gibbs 307 e.b. white Harold Ross: A Recollection 310 S.M. BEHRMAN H.W. Ross 318 e.b. white Letters from The New Yorker Archives 323 Acknowledgments 351