Jan Morris: Life from Both Sides by Paul Clements

In the late 80s, fresh out of college, I landed my first job in publishing as an editorial assistant at the Chicago Times, a smart start-up with big ambitions. One afternoon in August the editor in chief stopped by my desk to share the news that he had convinced the Welsh writer Jan Morris to come to town and write about the city.

“And I volunteered you to be her driver,” he told me.