{"product_id":"2940170353644","title":"In the Land of Men : A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003emagazine in the mid-nineties. Even if its sensibilities were manifestly mid-centuryamp;mdash;the martinis, powerful male egos, and unquestioned authority of kingsamp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003estill 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 \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, home to the male writers who had defined manhood itselfamp;mdash;Hemingway, Mailer, and Carver. Up against this old world, she would soon discover that it wanted nothing to do with a \"mere girl.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this was also a unique moment in history that saw the rise of a new literary movement, as exemplified by \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney\u003c\/i\u003e'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, confidantamp;mdash;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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoiramp;mdash;a rich, dazzling story of power, ambition, and identityamp;mdash;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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098384449776,"sku":"2940170353644","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170353644_p0.jpg?v=1763798405","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170353644","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}