“Peter Y. Sussman is a sublime editor
of one of the funniest, most enthralling
and gloriously honest collections of
contemporary letters I have yet read.”
— Miranda Seymour, London Sunday Times
Available in British paperback as well as U.S. and U.K. hardbacks
DECCA: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
Edited by Peter Y. Sussman
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Peter Y. Sussman spent most of his career as an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He remains a vocal advocate on issues of journalism ethics, diversity and freedom of information, especially news media access to prisoners, and he was a co-author in 1996 of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics.
He is also the co-author, with prison writer Dannie M. Martin, of Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog. He has written many booklets, book chapters and freelance articles, and since leaving the Chronicle he has taught and lectured as well.