He bounced back big time with editorships at Spy and Vanity Fair, a glamorous life he details in a new memoir.

Filled with colorful memories and intimate details, “When the Going Was Good” is Graydon Carter’s lively recounting of how he made his mark as one of the most talented editors in the business.

Graydon Carter speaks in his memoir with misty-eyed melancholy for the page counts and ad revenues of years gone by.

This was back “When the Going Was Good”, as former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter titles his nostalgic new memoir about his adventures “during the last golden age of magazines”. The topic is catnip ...

Bottomless budgets. Important journalism. In-office brow care. Graydon Carter wants to make sure you know how great magazines ...

Vanity Fair in the Nineties makes today’s journalism seem particularly bleak - THE READING LIST: In his new memoir, ...

MEMOIR When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines Graydon Carter Grove Press, ...

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Longtime restaurateur and media figure Graydon Carter thinks the end of outdoor dining is a travesty. His opinion is striking ...

He bounced back big time with editorships at Spy and Vanity Fair, a glamorous life he details in a new memoir. Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by In “When the Going Was Good,” he traces the ...