In 1970s Paris, an American Magazine Broke All the Rules

In 1970s Paris, an American Magazine Broke All the Rules

If The Paris Metro magazine were still around today – if such a magazine could exist today – I can imagine every English-speaking writer in the city would be lining up around the block for a job. And I’d be right there with them if it meant getting a taste of that roguish school of journalism in pre-digital Paris. Though briefly sitting down with Joel Stratte McClure, one of three American reporters who launched the publication in 1976, might ju…