(What We Had Hoped Would Be) A Brief Conversation with Allan Fallow, Book Editor of AARP The Magazine 1. You worked as a senior editor at National Geographic Books from 1999 to 2002. What were some of your favorite titles? It was a thrill to edit David Mamet—he wrote a book called South of theContinue reading
How did you, the son of a truck driver, end up becoming an Editor-at-Large for Cosmo? How long have you been working there? I always dreamed of being a writer. But when I got out of high school and wanted to go to college, my parents told me to forget it. Instead, they got meContinue reading
. How long have you been at O: The Oprah Magazine? Oprah and you are totally best buds now, right? I started in September ’09, so it’s been a little over a year. Oprah and I are [she holds up two fingers, not too close together] like THIS. . …. I really admire how youContinue reading
Amy Salit—one of the smartest, hardest working, and funniest producers in the biz—was kind enough to take time out from her busy schedule to talk about her career at Fresh Air, including legendary BEA parties she’s attended, the musical god Thom Yorke, Gene Simmons’s infamous interview with Terry Gross, annoying publicists, and the real identityContinue reading