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Literary Journalism

A New Collection of the Best American Nonfiction

Author Norman Sims, Mark Kramer
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Ballantine Group | Ballantine Books
On sale May 23, 1995 | 480 Pages | 9780345382221
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In Literary Journalism we celebrate fifteen of our most dazzling writers as they work with great vitality and astonishing variety.

The fifteen essays gathered here include:
John McPhee's account of the battle between army engineers and the lower Mississippi River
Susan Orlean's brilliant portrait of the private, imaginative world of a ten-year-old boy
Tracy Kidder's moving description of life in a nursing home
Ted Conover's wild journey in an African truck convoy while investigating the spread of AIDS
Richard Preston's bright piece about two shy Russian mathematicians who live in Manhattan and search for order in a random universe
Joseph Mitchell's classic essay on the rivermen of Edgewater, NJ
And nine more fascinating pieces of the nation's best nonfiction writing.
Norman Sims taught literary journalism and other journalism courses for more than three decades at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Sims's books include Canoes: A Natural History in North America, True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism, and Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century. He was the president of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies from 2014 to 2016. View titles by Norman Sims
Mark Kramer was writer-in-residence in the American Studies Program at Smith College (1980–1990), writer-in-residence and a professor of journalism at Boston University (1990–2001), and writer-in-residence and founding director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University (2001–2007). He’s written for the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic Monthly, and many other periodicals. He’s coauthor of two leading textbook/readers on narrative nonfiction: Telling True Stories and Literary Journalism. He’s written four additional books: Mother Walter and the Pig Tragedy, Three Farms, Invasive Procedures, and Travels with a Hungry Bear. He’s currently at work on a book about writing narrative nonfiction. His website is tellingtruestories.com. View titles by Mark Kramer

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In Literary Journalism we celebrate fifteen of our most dazzling writers as they work with great vitality and astonishing variety.

The fifteen essays gathered here include:
John McPhee's account of the battle between army engineers and the lower Mississippi River
Susan Orlean's brilliant portrait of the private, imaginative world of a ten-year-old boy
Tracy Kidder's moving description of life in a nursing home
Ted Conover's wild journey in an African truck convoy while investigating the spread of AIDS
Richard Preston's bright piece about two shy Russian mathematicians who live in Manhattan and search for order in a random universe
Joseph Mitchell's classic essay on the rivermen of Edgewater, NJ
And nine more fascinating pieces of the nation's best nonfiction writing.

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Norman Sims taught literary journalism and other journalism courses for more than three decades at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Sims's books include Canoes: A Natural History in North America, True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism, and Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century. He was the president of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies from 2014 to 2016. View titles by Norman Sims
Mark Kramer was writer-in-residence in the American Studies Program at Smith College (1980–1990), writer-in-residence and a professor of journalism at Boston University (1990–2001), and writer-in-residence and founding director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University (2001–2007). He’s written for the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic Monthly, and many other periodicals. He’s coauthor of two leading textbook/readers on narrative nonfiction: Telling True Stories and Literary Journalism. He’s written four additional books: Mother Walter and the Pig Tragedy, Three Farms, Invasive Procedures, and Travels with a Hungry Bear. He’s currently at work on a book about writing narrative nonfiction. His website is tellingtruestories.com. View titles by Mark Kramer

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