Publication day:The Receptionist
Janet Groth lived the Mad Men experience, minding the magazine and the men who created it for The New Yorker. From a lost Woody Allen to a marriage-proposing John Berryman to a still-lost Woody Allen to an ever-so-shy E.B. White. And more.
The Receptionist
An Education at The New Yorker
by Janet Groth
The girl in the booth: Yes, that’s Janet Groth at the ticket counter in this cover illustration for The New Yorker, just as she was at the reception desk for The New Yorker for 21 years.
From The Receptionist: “I thought of the forty or so idiosyncractic inhabitants of the eighteenth floor as ‘my writers’ and the six or so cartoonists billeted there as ‘my artists.” I watered their plants, walked their dogs, boarded their cats, sat their children–and sometimes their houses–when they went away. Of course, I also took their messages. Not required in the skill set, but over the years I received messages, too, along with impressions, confidences, and an education in a variety of subjects.”
Here, Janet Groth talks about the sights and scenes from her days at The New Yorker.
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I’m halfway through it and LOVING it. I might just become an evangelist for THE RECEPTIONIST!
I’m halfway through it and LOVING it. I might just become an evangelist for THE RECEPTIONIST!
Just coming across this book: The Receptionist, though I haven’t read it yet, I’m sure its a great account by the author, Janet Groth of over two decades performing the duties of receptionist. Sure going to get a copy.
I think I will take a look at this book, The Receptionist.
I think I will take a look at this book, The Receptionist.
I’m sure this would be a great read; 21 years working as a receptionist is no joke.