{"product_id":"the-new-new-journalism-conversations-with-americas-best-nonfiction-writers-on-their-craft-9781400033560","title":"The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eNew \u003c\/i\u003eNew Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Interviews with: \u003cbr\u003e Gay Talese\u003cbr\u003e Jane Kramer\u003cbr\u003e Calvin Trillin\u003cbr\u003e Richard Ben Cramer\u003cbr\u003e Ted Conover\u003cbr\u003e Alex Kotlowitz\u003cbr\u003e Richard Preston\u003cbr\u003e William Langewiesche\u003cbr\u003e Eric Schlosser\u003cbr\u003e Leon Dash\u003cbr\u003e William Finnegan\u003cbr\u003e Jonathan Harr\u003cbr\u003e Jon Krakauer\u003cbr\u003e Adrian Nicole LeBlanc\u003cbr\u003e Michael Lewis\u003cbr\u003e Susan Orlean\u003cbr\u003e Ron Rosenbaum\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence Weschler\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert S. Boynton is the director of the Literary Reportage program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. He graduated with honors in philosophy and religion from Haverford College, and received an MA in political science from Yale University. He has been a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414963163410,"sku":"9781400033560","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ced22591-3a23-4e9e-a6a5-8cb923d978e5.jpg?v=1729391877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-new-journalism-conversations-with-americas-best-nonfiction-writers-on-their-craft-9781400033560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}