About the Author

Graydon Carteris the editor ofVanity Fair. The American edition ofVanity Fairwas launched by publisher Conde Nast in 1913. Under the stewardship of editor Frank Crowninshield, who assigned most of the pieces in this volume, the magazine was a literary and visual treasure of the Jazz Age and featured an incomparable slate of writers through 1936, when it was folded intoVogueas a casualty of the Great Depression.Vanity Fairwas revived in 1983. Carter has been its editor since 1992.

David Friend, a writer, editor, producer, curator, and formerlyLifemagazine's director of photography, isVanity Fair's editor of creative development.

Reviews

Minneapolis Star Tribune
As these few sips of Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells an inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby suggest, the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
Buffalo News
You ll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair s first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays, interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from the Bible of the Smart Set 1913-1926."
Publishers Weekly (starred):
This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War.
Kirkus Reviews
A remarkable range to the pieces .Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing.
Library Journal:
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine s Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
Booklist
These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later.
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"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
As these few sips of Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells an inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby suggest, the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
You ll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair s first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays, interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from the Bible of the Smart Set 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War.
"Kirkus Reviews"
A remarkable range to the pieces .Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing.
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine s Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
"Booklist"
These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later.
"

"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
"As these few sips of "Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells" -- an "inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby" -- suggest, the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays, interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later."

"Minneapolis Star Tribune "
"As these few sips of "Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers and Swells" -- an "inebriating swig from that great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the age of Gatsby" -- suggest, the book makes for an excellent nightcap."
"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays, interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later."

"Buffalo News"
"You'll find some of the best poetry and prose of Vanity Fair's first incarnation in this wildly stellar anthology of essays, interviews, poems, journalism and whatnot (lots of whatnot) from the "Bible of the Smart Set" 1913-1926."
"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later."

"Publishers Weekly" (starred):
"This volume epitomizes the idea of modernity in American cultural life before the Second World War."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing."
"Library Journal: "
"Reading this compilation of writings published in Vanity Fair from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s is like sampling a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day: a delicious confection of satire, poetry, biographical sketches, humorous pieces, and thought-provoking commentary."
"Booklist"
"These delightful period pieces reflecting the social mores of their time hold up in their innovation, style, and concern about modern life nearly a century later."

"Kirkus Reviews"
"A remarkable range to the pieces....Whether read from cover to cover or dipped into occasionally, this collection serves as a fine primer to one magazine's contribution to a golden age of American magazine writing."