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 later, she forged her own
path, becoming the first woman to take on the role of literary editor of
Esquire, 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.”
But this was also a unique moment in history that saw the rise of a new literary movement, as exemplified by McSweeney’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.
This 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.
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