The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

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Journalist Robert S. Boynton interviews nineteen leading nonfiction writers about how they report and write. He calls them the heirs of Tom Wolfe's New Journalism. The writers include Michael Lewis, Susan Orlean, Jon Krakauer, Lawrence Wright, Richard Ben Cramer and Ted Conover. They discuss how they find stories, gain access, take notes, build structure and handle ethics, offering a practical look at the craft of long-form reporting.

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