{"product_id":"9781848409293-gratefully-affectionately","title":"GRATEFULLY \u0026 AFFECTIONATELY","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMARY LAVIN \u0026amp; THE NEW YORKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first ever book about Mary Lavin's 18-year working relationship with \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and a fascinating insight into the lives of two brilliant 20th-century literary women. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 1976, the Irish American writer Mary Lavin had sixteen stories published in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. J. D. Salinger had introduced her to the magazine and she was soon offered the magazine’s highly coveted first-reading agreement. It was a prolific time for Lavin, helped in no small part by her close working relationship with her chief editor there, Rachel MacKenzie. They wrote nearly four hundred letters to each other, the topics of which ranged from story edits to holiday plans, windfalls and legal troubles, mutual literary friends and their love\u003cbr\u003eof gardening, promotions and health emergencies. Within a year of working together, they were ending their letters with ‘love’, ‘gratefully’ and ‘affectionately.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGratefully \u0026amp; Affectionately: Mary Lavin \u0026amp; The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e draws extensively from Lavin and MacKenzie’s letters as well as other material related to the revered magazine. It explores the collaborative relationship between this writer and her editor, Lavin’s own writing process, the inner workings and editing procedures of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and the process of publishing a story from manuscript to print during its heyday. The book also reveals Lavin’s professional dealings with agents and publishers and her friendships with prominent literary figures of the time including Eudora Welty, Frank O’Connor, William Maxwell and John McGahern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGráinne Hurley’s first book offers fascinating insight into the lives and careers of two mid-twentieth-century\u003cbr\u003ewomen, working on either side of the Atlantic and inhabiting the small but hallowed world of literary publishing. It reveals how their fortunate union and combined love for the written word produced some of Lavin’s finest work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55729046585718,"sku":"9781848409293","price":23.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34723794.jpg?v=1749675003","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848409293-gratefully-affectionately","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}