As editor of The New Yorker, Shawn once told a writer he had “a few questions” about a brilliant story—there were 178. His demands for attention to detail and accuracy over his 35-year tenure as editor are legendary. Shawn’s writers included John Updike, John Cheever, and J. D. Salinger.
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