Tina Brown Regrets Not Being Able to Publish That Lillian Ross Piece

Former New Yorker editor sought advice from S.I. Newhouse Jr. about the idea of William Shawn feature.

ReportingAlwaysCoverFor a recent New York Times report, Penelope Green paid a visit to the East 85th Street apartment of Lillian Ross, 97, the longtime New Yorker writer. A collection of 32 of Ross’s essays for the magazine is out this week from Simon and Schuster.

Green also spoke to former New Yorker editor Tina Brown, who notes that a relationship with Sir Harold Evans echoed the celebrated experiences of Ross, an ‘iconic girl reporter who fell in love with the editor.’

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