Joseph Mitchell
American journalist who worked at The New Yorker for sixty years but published nothing in his last thirty. McSorley's Wonderful Saloon and Joe Gould's Secret are masterworks of literary journalism. His portraits of the marginal and eccentric inhabitants of New York are among the finest in the language.
Works
- McSorley's Wonderful SaloonEssays on New York City establishments, characters, and urban culture
- Joe Gould's SecretEssay on eccentric figure Joe Gould and truth, identity, and deception
- The Bottom of the HarborEssays on New York Harbor life, eccentrics, and the city's underworld
- Old Mr. FloodEssays on elderly New York characters, fishing, and urban decline
- Up in the Old HotelCollection of New York essays exploring characters and disappearing traditions