The new kings of nonfiction
By: edited and introduced by Ira Glass.
Contributors: Glass, Ira.
Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk ed.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9781594482670
Subjects: American prose literature -- 21st century; Reportage literature, American; American essays -- 21st century; Anecdotes
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ira Glass; title: Johnathan Lebed's extracurricular activities / Michael Lewis; title: Toxic dreams: a California town finds meaning in an acid pit / Jack Hitt; title: Six degrees of Lois Weisberg / Malcolm Gladwell; title: Shapinsky's karma / Lawrence Weschler; title: The American man, age ten / Susan Orlean; title: Among the thugs / Bill Buford; title: Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy / Chuck Klosterman; title: Host / David Foster Wallace; title: Tales of the tyrant / Mark Bowden; title: Losing the war / Lee Sandlin; title: The hostess dairies: my year at a hot spot / Coco Henson Scales; title: My Republican journey / Dan Savage; title: Power steer / Michael Pollan; title: Fortune's smile: world series of poker / James McManus.