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Title:

The new kings of nonfiction / edited and introduced by Ira Glass.

Edition:

1st Riverhead trade pbk ed.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

455 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American prose literature--21st century.
Reportage literature, American.
American essays--21st century.
Anecdotes

Other Authors:

Glass, Ira.

Contents:

Introduction / Ira Glass -- Jonathan Lebed's extracurricular activities / Michael Lewis -- Toxic dreams: a California town finds meaning in an acid pit / Jack Hitt -- Six degrees of Lois Weisberg / Malcolm Gladwell -- Shapinsky's karma / Lawrence Weschler -- The American man, age ten / Susan Orlean -- Among the thugs / Bill Buford -- Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy / Chuck Klosterman -- Host / David Foster Wallace -- Tales of the tyrant / Mark Bowden -- Losing the war / Lee Sandlin -- The hostess diaries: my year at a hot spot / Coco Henson Scales -- My Republican journey / Dan Savage -- Power steer / Michael Pollan -- Fortune's smile: world series of poker / James McManus.

Summary:

An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. These pieces-on teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow, Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodex-are meant to mesmerize and inspire. --From publisher description.

ISBN:

1594482675 (pbk.)
9781594482670 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)149010937

LCCN:

2007299643

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)