Born in 1938 in Milan while her parents were enroute from Germany to the United States, Renata Adler grew up in America and became a renowned writer and critic. She spent thirty years as a staff writer for the New Yorker, under the legendary editor William Shawn. She talks with Eleanor Wachtel about that time, as well as language, writing and the current state of the media. This episode originally aired in 2001.