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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

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage (March 8, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 140003356X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400033560
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.05 x 7.9 inches
Reviewer: That Bigfoot Show
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Journalism is always changing.
Review: This book has a solid insight about the future of journalism! I read this book easily and have already gifted it to another who was excited to read it.

Reviewer: Scott
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fascinating look into some of my favorite authors. Read really smoothly and quickly
Review: Fascinating look into some of my favorite authors. Read really smoothly and quickly. Enjoyable if you find narrative non-fiction an interesting subject.

Reviewer: Joanne A. Williams
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worth the time
Review: This is a great idea, to present some of the best new, new journalism folks around. I did not read all 19 author interviews word for word (some I skimmed), but found all of them enlightening. It was interesting to see the different answers/passions expressed by the writers to standard questions such as do you prepare a list of questions, do you prefer face-to-face to phone or e-mail interviews, etc. Each writer proved why she or he does what they do so well. It is for folks who like getting more from what they read; it reads like a behind-the-scenes piece, or sounds one of those director's commentaries on a DVD. Easy to pick up, leave for a while and pick back up again.

Reviewer: Harrison Jacobs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An absolute must read for any journalist
Review: Few books have been as formative to my writing style as a journalist than this collection of longform reads that push the boundaries of reporting and journalism.

Reviewer: crisray
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I had to buy this for a class
Review: This book is a collection of interviews conducted on innovative writers. It's vaguely interesting if journalism is your thing. I think it could definitely benefit from having some excerpts from the authors work. This would at least provide a frame of reference for the interview.

Reviewer: ELI S KINTISCH
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: If you love journalism, you will devour this one.

Reviewer: Charles C. Euchner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: To do something well, follow the greats
Review: There is a genius in the format of this book: interviews with 19 of the best nonfiction storytellers of our time, which ask the same questions in the same order for each one.The genius comes from ways the writers converge and diverge in their approaches. They converge on the basics: the need to develop great characters, with deep psychological needs, often denied and unknown to them; the need to explore places and action and find the details that everyone else misses; the need to have empathy for the subjects but to take command of the work without compromise.They diverge on some methods. Some would never dream of recording interviews and others think it impossible to do it any other way. Some people want to talk on the phone, others in offices, others in diners, and others on the road. Some want to start at the center of the story and others work from the edges in toward the center. Some stress with the writing process and others breeze through. Some make their own presence known in their work and others are invisible.Reading this book is like sitting in on a modern day Algonquin Round Table. You get wit and wisdom and some great tricks of the trade.Ultimately, to write well you need to do what the stars have been doing since people started telling stories thousands of years ago. Storytelling is the most essential part of being human. The techniques and subjects change, but the essentials of conflict and development and denial and love and hate and fear and all the rest remain the same.As you read these great authors -- Trillin, Lewis, Orlean, Talese, Krakauer, Harr, Finnegan, and the rest -- also read some other guides to writing. You can try my 

Reviewer: thegrimes
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For all the muckrakers out there...
Review: This book is basically just a lot of nonfiction writers getting interviewed about how they write. It ranges from how they specifically wrote some of their greatest books to how they just write in general. It's a great book because all of the writer's have very different approaches. It has helped me find out how I like to write.

Reviewer: Vasi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Tres bon service. Recu en temps et la condition du produit est comme dans la description. Merci!

Reviewer: Archie Nadon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I loved reading about these authors' process of reporting and writing. Someone else criticized the interviewer for asking more or less the same questions each time, but those are the questions I wanted answered. It was wonderful to hear these authors' thoughts, doubts and workflows. I would read a second volume.

Reviewer: clairol
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Really interesting and detailed accounts of journalists' writing habits. Right down to how their store their notes and what time of day they prefer to work. Would recommend to anyone who has to write (anything requiring creativity and self-discipline) on a regular basis.