The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

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Robert Boynton

The New New Journalism

Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

Robert Boynton

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Vintage Books
15 March 2005

Society & Social Sciences

Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New

Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what

he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers.

The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves

completely in their subjects. Jon Krakauer accompanies a mountaineering expedition

to Everest. Ted Conover works for nearly a year as a prison guard. Susan Orlean follows

orchid fanciers to reveal an obsessive subculture few knew existed. Adrian Nicole

LeBlanc spends nearly a decade reporting on a family in the South Bronx. And like

their muckraking early twentieth-century precursors, they are drawn to the most pressing

issues of the day- Alex Kotlowitz, Leon Dash, and William Finnegan to race and class;

Ron Rosenbaum to the problem of evil; Michael Lewis to boom-and-bust economies; Richard

Ben Cramer to the nitty gritty of politics. How do they do it? In these interviews,

they reveal the techniques and inspirations behind their acclaimed works, from their

felt-tip pens, tape recorders, long car rides, and assumed identities; to their intimate

understanding of the way a truly great story unfolds.

Interviews with-

Gay Talese

Jane Kramer

Calvin Trillin

Richard Ben Cramer

Ted Conover

Alex Kotlowitz

Richard

Preston

William Langewiesche

Eric Schlosser

Leon Dash

William Finnegan

Jonathan

Harr

Jon Krakauer

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Michael Lewis

Susan Orlean

Ron Rosenbaum

Lawrence Weschler

Lawrence Wright

By: Robert Boynton
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781400033560
ISBN 10: 140003356X
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 March 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert S. Boynton is the director of the Literary Reportage program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. He graduated with honors in philosophy and religion from Haverford College, and received an MA in political science from Yale University. He has been a senior editor at Harper's and a contributing writer for The New Yorker. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Rolling Stone and many other publications.