New York, seen from Plimpton’s townhouse
By musiclover - Thu Feb 24, 2:25 pm
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When Ben Ryder Howe, a young editor at the Paris Review literary magazine, told his boss, George Plimpton, that he was going into the New York City deli business, Plimpton reacted by asking for a job.
“Incidentally, can I work there? I’ve always wanted to be a stocker,” said Plimpton, a journalist who famously wrote about taking on jobs, such as a professional golfer, despite any evident skill.
“As usual, I’d underestimated him,” Howe said of Plimpton’s reaction to the deli, in an interview. “George loved the amateur ethos, the idea of being one of the little guys.”
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