Graydon Carter

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The Not-So-Discreet Charm of Graydon Carter March 17, 2025

After our interview, Graydon Carter emailed me.“Oh God, did I do okay yesterday? Too boring? Too indiscreet? Drank too much? Didn’t drink enough?”...

His Back Pages October 04, 2024

Graydon never told us he once slept in a boxcar. Long before he co-founded Spy magazine, became the arbiter of wit and glamour as the editor of Vanity Fair, and went on to create our digital weekly, Air Mail, Graydon worked for an extended summer sti...