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How John McPhee turns out so much nonfiction prose that is so delightful to read I do not know. He has authored 28 or 29 books since 1965.

This piece describes McPhee’s experiences with editors of the New Yorker and his publisher. Its interesting and amusing.

“Robert Gottlieb replaced William Shawn as editor of The New Yorker in 1987. If eccentricity was a criterion for the job, Bob was qualified. At one point, he had a toaster in his office that erupted two slices of plastic toast every hour on the hour”…(read more; subscription required)