Walt Harrington has been one of the most impactful journalists in the modern wave of long-form creative nonfiction. The Detective: And Other True Stories features some of the highlights of Harrington's long career as an award-winning author, Washington Post Magazine writer, journalism professor/university administrator, and mentor to several generations of writers that have followed him in the practice of his Intimate Journalism, codified in a much-assigned university textbook he wrote to codify his practice and philosophy of the craft. Over 30 years, Harrington did scores of profiles of people both famous and obscure. His goal: "To make ordinary people extraordinary and extraordinary people ordinary." A selection of the best stories in both categories-eight articles-are collected here.
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