"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." 2024/05/14
Contents:
A plane crash -- Overthrowing the patriarchy, in 8th grade -- A family of spies -- A glimpse of journalism -- A wimpy kid -- High school rabble-rouser -- Faking it at Harvard -- From Oxford to the Khyber Pass -- "I will shoot you." -- Making mistakes in Arabic -- Abe Rosenthal makes an offer -- Cub reporter -- Finding Sheryl...and a job abroad -- My soulmate -- How little we knew -- Witness to a massacre -- We become "hoodlums" -- The prize -- An escaped felon -- Frequenting a brothel -- Journey into a war -- "We have to kill them" -- "Do they play baseball in America?" -- I become an editor -- I begin my column -- The Iraq War -- Covering genocide -- Where's the line? -- What I learned from genocide -- The Arab Spring -- Covering genocide and poverty left me an optimist -- A day in the life of a columnist -- When reporting haunts you -- Women hold up half the sky -- Covering Donald Trump -- Politics? "Don't do it." -- My hat in the ring -- Navigating a campaign -- "To fill a person's heart."
Summary:
"From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and bestselling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.