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A literate and lively memoir of well-known Los Angeles Times columnist and film critic Charles Champlin, chronicling his career as a journalistfor Time and Life magazines. <p>Charles Champlin is best known as a columnist and film critic for the Los Angeles Times. His career as a journalist, however, has spanned decades, first as a writer for Life and later as a London-based correspondent for Time magazine. This book continues where his last memoir left off, with the author moving at the age of sixteen with his mother from Hammondsport, New York, to a village on Oneida Lake.</p> <p>Turning his journalistic eye on his own life, Champlin offers a series of vivid sketches that brings to life the events and people he encounters. His interviews with Peter O'Toole and other theatrical luminaries, his experience working with Henry Luce, and his compassionate reporting are all vividly recounted, revealing the author's personal impressions that richly detail an era. With wry insight and keen observation, Champlin narrates both the daily and the legendary events at Time, offering readers a glimpse into the world of magazine writing and publishing before the age of the computer.</p> <p>Balanc

Author

Champlin, Charles, 1926-2014

Publisher

Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815608479

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography