Richard G. Stern, Writers’ Writer, Dies at 84

He was an incorrigible name dropper, and, at least to my undergraduate eye, a distinctly mediocre writer. But he was also an endlessly sympathetic reader, an insightful editor, a sincerely supportive friend and a genuinely nice guy.

RIP.

www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/books/richard-g-stern-a-writers-writer-is-dead-at-84.html