http://nymetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/n_8974/
New York writers on how they got their start. Jonathan Franzen: “The lamest assignment I ever took was to write a piece for Details about buying my first suit. The deal was for $2,000 plus a free suit. I wrote the thing and got a suit from Barneys which I still wear. The real bonus, though, was that Details never ran the piece.”