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Article: McGrath Decamping From Intransigent Times Book Review.(TheFrontPage)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2003
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Byline: Rachel Donadio
When Charles (Chip) McGrath steps down this winter as editor of The New York Times Book Review in order to write for the paper full-time, whoever takes over will inherit not just a storied piece of literary real estate but a set of problems that may just be unsolvable.
Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, confirmed rumors of Mr. McGrath's departure in a Nov. 13 e-mail to the Times staff. "Since dissembling is one of the few skills Chip McGrath has NOT mastered, it is by now no secret that he has been agitating for a return to the writing life," Mr. Keller wrote. "Since getting Chip as a full-time writer is almost ...