Lisa Sass on Nostr: Return to Office, circa 1925. Harold Ross launched The New Yorker in 1925, and during ...
Return to Office, circa 1925.
Harold Ross launched The New Yorker in 1925, and during its early days funds were tight. Dorothy Parker was one of his early writers, and no fan of the financial squeeze.
Ross demanded to know why she had not come into the office as expected one day.
Dorothy’s reply to Harold: “Someone was using the pencil.”
#amreading #amwriting #WFH
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