Robert B. Silvers

Robert B. Silvers is co-editor of The New York Review of Books. Prior to joining the Review, Mr. Silvers was, from 1959 to 1963, associate editor of Harper's magazine, editor of the book Writing in America and translator of La Gangrene. Before that, Mr. Silvers lived in Paris for six years (1952 to 1958), where he served with the U.S. Army at SHAPE Headquarters and attended the Sorbonne and Ecole des Sciences Politiques. He joined the editorial board of The Paris Review in 1954 and became Paris editor in 1956. He also worked as press secretary to Governor Chester Bowles in 1950. Mr. Silvers, who graduated from the University of Chicago in 1947, was born in Mineola, New York.

The Company They Kept

Our most remarkable writers share what has influenced them the most: each other.

Category: Fiction, Biography and Memoirs
Publisher: NYRB Collections
 
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The Consequences To Come

This collection of essays from The New York Review of Books looks back at the legacy of Bush, Cheney, and Rove, and ahead to the challenges and opportunities that will face America during the next administration.

Category: Current Affairs and Politics
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Five Performing Arts

In these essays, five of our most accomplished artists and critics explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts.

Category: Poetry and Drama
Publisher: NYRB Collections
 
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India

Nine essays on India, all originally published in The New York Review of Books.

Category: Travel
Publisher: NYRB Collections
 
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The Legacy Of Isaiah Berlin

The two days of discussion preserved here demonstrate the continuing vitality and relevance of Isaiah Berlin's thought in today's social and political debates.

Category: Essays, Criticism and Philosophy
Publisher: NYRB Classics
 
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