Tanenhaus offers glimpse of NYT Book Review
At the age of 42, Sam Tanenhaus GRD ’78 applied for an editing position at The New York Times. He had a keen love for literature and a knack for the art of writing. But he got the job largely thanks to one personal quality: his unemployment.
In 1997, he began what The Times calls a tryout along with several other would-be editors, a period during which applicants filled trial editorial positions in the hopes of being hired permanently. When the other applicants left the tryout for their other jobs, Tanenhaus was able to stick around and prove himself.
“I was able to do the...
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