This Old Man: All in Pieces

By Roger Angell

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

This Old Man: All in Pieces (2015) is a collection by Roger Angell, the longtime New Yorker writer and editor. It gathers essays, letters, light verse, haiku, profiles and personal reflections from across his career. The title essay, on the challenges and joys of being 93, won the 2015 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. Other pieces include tributes to and exchanges with E. B. White and John Updike, along with baseball writing and reflections on aging and loss.

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