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In 1957--long before colleges awarded degrees in creative nonfiction and back when newspaper writing's reputation was tainted by the fish it wrapped--Princeton began honoring talented literary journalists. Since then, fifty-nine of the finest, most dedicated, and most decorated nonfiction writers have held the Ferris and McGraw professorships. This monumental volume harbors their favorite and often most influential works. Each contribution is rewarding reading, and collectively the selections validate journalism's ascent into the esteem of the academy and the reading public.Necessarily eclectic and delightfully idiosyncratic, the fifty-nine pieces are long and short, political and personal, comic and deadly serious. Students will be provoked by William Greider's pointed critique of the democracy industry, eerily entertained by Leslie Cockburn's fraternization with the Cali cartel, inspired by David K. Shipler's thoughts on race, unsettled by Haynes Johnson's account of Bay of Pigs survivors, and moved by Lucinda Frank's essay on a mother fighting to save a child born with birth defects. Many of the essays are finely crafted portraits: Charlotte Grimes's biography of her grandmother, Blair Clark's obituary for Robert Lowell, and Jane Kramer's affecting story of a woman hero of the French Resistance.Other contributions to savor include Harrison Salisbury on the siege of Leningrad, Landon Jones on the 1950s, Christopher Wren on Soviet mountaineering, James Gleick on technology, Gloria Emerson on Vietnam, Gina Kolata on Fermat's last theorem, and Roger Mudd on the media. Whether approached chronologically, thematically, randomly, or, as the editors order them, more intuitively, each suggests a perfect evening reading.Designed for students as well as general readers, The Princeton Anthology of Writing splendidly attests to the elegance, eloquence, and endurance of fine nonfiction.
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Preface John McPhee p. v
Beauty for Ashes David K. Shipler p. 3
A View of Mountains Jonathan Schell p. 9
The Boat Haynes Johnson p. 11
Josephine Guezou Jane Kramer p. 18
Twentieth-Century Odyssey Robert Donovan p. 22
A Farewell to Hue Don Oberdorfer p. 29
Looking for Trouble Leslie Cockburn p. 36
The Forthright Estate: In Praise of the Newspaper Column Karl E. Meyer p. 41
Code of Ethics Roger Mudd p. 46
Father of His Country Paul Taylor p. 51
Workplace Discrimination Stuart S. Taylor Jr. p. 59
Harassment by Kids: Are More Lawsuits the Answer? Stuart S. Taylor Jr. p. 62
Driver's Education Larry L. King p. 66
People and Character Irving Dilliard p. 72
Saving The Nation Victor Navasky p. 75
Faith, Sex, Mystery Richard Gilman p. 87
My Own Vox Pop Richard Stengel p. 94
Stardom? They'd Rather Pass Richard Stengel p. 95
Space Invaders Richard Stengel p. 97
The Country Is at Crisis Point Charlotte Grimes p. 99
Memo to Conservatives: Family Ties Are the Strongest Values of All Charlotte Grimes p. 104
All Sentient Beings Barbara Crossette p. 107
When Worlds Collide Ronald Steel p. 114
First Born, Fast Grown: The Manful Life of Nicholas, 10 Isabel Wilkerson p. 117
Massacre at Columbine High School Nancy Gibbs p. 123
Gender in the Classroom Deborah Tannen p. 126
Cop-Out on Class: Why Private Schools Are Today's Draft Deferments Jonathan Alter p. 131
It's a Wonderful Legacy Jonathan Alter p. 133
The Era of Bad Feeling Jonathan Alter p. 134
Two of a Kind Jim Hoagland p. 137
Truly a Nation ... Jim Hoagland p. 139
A Little Homer at the Beach Jim Hoagland p. 140
Why I Can't Write Fiction Lawrence Weschler p. 143
On Robert Lowell Blair Clark p. 147
The Miss Dennis School of Writing Alice Steinbach p. 151
Meeting Mahfouz Milton Viorst p. 156
Critic's Notebook Richard Eder p. 163
L'Atalante Terrence Rafferty p. 166
Annie of Corsica Jeremy Bernstein p. 170
Two Deaths--One Then, One Now: On Losing a Father, a Newspaperman John Darnton p. 176
Heavy Lifting Geoffrey Wolff p. 179
Lenin Peak Christopher Wren p. 193
From So Simple a Beginning Jonathan Weiner p. 198
Pioneer 10 Pushes Beyond Goals, Into the Unknown John Noble Wilford p. 204
Get Set to Say Hi to the Neighbors John Noble Wilford p. 207
Left the Light On, But Nobody Came Malcolm W. Browne p. 209
The Invisible Flying Cat Malcolm W. Browne p. 210
At Least the Monsters Survive Malcolm W. Browne p. 212
Beauty, as Scientists Behold It Malcolm W. Browne p. 213
Manual Labor James Gleick p. 216
Maintenance Not Included James Gleick p. 218
At Last, Shout of "Eureka!" in Age-Old Math Mystery Gina Kolata p. 221
Scientist Reports First Cloning Ever of Adult Mammal Gina Kolata p. 223
What If We Succeed? Walter Sullivan p. 225
Deus Conservat Omnia Harrison E. Salisbury p. 234
Introduction to Morgan, American Financier Jean Strouse p. 242
Down Twenty-Three Steps Robert K. Massie p. 249
The Forest Coup David Remnick p. 252
Pictures from the Rubble Patch Jonathan Sanders p. 259
A Corner of Russia Serge Schmemann p. 264
Goodbye to Rafah Gloria Emerson p. 268
Mock Democracy William Greider p. 272
The Big Barbecue Landon Y. Jones Jr. p. 281
The Rope Line Samuel G. Freedman p. 289
Nixonland Francine du Plessix Gray p. 298
Consultants: The Men Who Came to Dinner Walter Guzzardi p. 306
Class Act Jeremy Treglown p. 316
The New American Heartland John Herbers p. 321
The 1950s Charles Kaiser p. 325
Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations Nat Hentoff p. 330
Miracle Kid Lucinda Franks p. 335
Travels of the Rock John McPhee p. 351
Acknowledgments p. 369
Author Index p. 373
Beauty for Ashes David K. Shipler p. 3
A View of Mountains Jonathan Schell p. 9
The Boat Haynes Johnson p. 11
Josephine Guezou Jane Kramer p. 18
Twentieth-Century Odyssey Robert Donovan p. 22
A Farewell to Hue Don Oberdorfer p. 29
Looking for Trouble Leslie Cockburn p. 36
The Forthright Estate: In Praise of the Newspaper Column Karl E. Meyer p. 41
Code of Ethics Roger Mudd p. 46
Father of His Country Paul Taylor p. 51
Workplace Discrimination Stuart S. Taylor Jr. p. 59
Harassment by Kids: Are More Lawsuits the Answer? Stuart S. Taylor Jr. p. 62
Driver's Education Larry L. King p. 66
People and Character Irving Dilliard p. 72
Saving The Nation Victor Navasky p. 75
Faith, Sex, Mystery Richard Gilman p. 87
My Own Vox Pop Richard Stengel p. 94
Stardom? They'd Rather Pass Richard Stengel p. 95
Space Invaders Richard Stengel p. 97
The Country Is at Crisis Point Charlotte Grimes p. 99
Memo to Conservatives: Family Ties Are the Strongest Values of All Charlotte Grimes p. 104
All Sentient Beings Barbara Crossette p. 107
When Worlds Collide Ronald Steel p. 114
First Born, Fast Grown: The Manful Life of Nicholas, 10 Isabel Wilkerson p. 117
Massacre at Columbine High School Nancy Gibbs p. 123
Gender in the Classroom Deborah Tannen p. 126
Cop-Out on Class: Why Private Schools Are Today's Draft Deferments Jonathan Alter p. 131
It's a Wonderful Legacy Jonathan Alter p. 133
The Era of Bad Feeling Jonathan Alter p. 134
Two of a Kind Jim Hoagland p. 137
Truly a Nation ... Jim Hoagland p. 139
A Little Homer at the Beach Jim Hoagland p. 140
Why I Can't Write Fiction Lawrence Weschler p. 143
On Robert Lowell Blair Clark p. 147
The Miss Dennis School of Writing Alice Steinbach p. 151
Meeting Mahfouz Milton Viorst p. 156
Critic's Notebook Richard Eder p. 163
L'Atalante Terrence Rafferty p. 166
Annie of Corsica Jeremy Bernstein p. 170
Two Deaths--One Then, One Now: On Losing a Father, a Newspaperman John Darnton p. 176
Heavy Lifting Geoffrey Wolff p. 179
Lenin Peak Christopher Wren p. 193
From So Simple a Beginning Jonathan Weiner p. 198
Pioneer 10 Pushes Beyond Goals, Into the Unknown John Noble Wilford p. 204
Get Set to Say Hi to the Neighbors John Noble Wilford p. 207
Left the Light On, But Nobody Came Malcolm W. Browne p. 209
The Invisible Flying Cat Malcolm W. Browne p. 210
At Least the Monsters Survive Malcolm W. Browne p. 212
Beauty, as Scientists Behold It Malcolm W. Browne p. 213
Manual Labor James Gleick p. 216
Maintenance Not Included James Gleick p. 218
At Last, Shout of "Eureka!" in Age-Old Math Mystery Gina Kolata p. 221
Scientist Reports First Cloning Ever of Adult Mammal Gina Kolata p. 223
What If We Succeed? Walter Sullivan p. 225
Deus Conservat Omnia Harrison E. Salisbury p. 234
Introduction to Morgan, American Financier Jean Strouse p. 242
Down Twenty-Three Steps Robert K. Massie p. 249
The Forest Coup David Remnick p. 252
Pictures from the Rubble Patch Jonathan Sanders p. 259
A Corner of Russia Serge Schmemann p. 264
Goodbye to Rafah Gloria Emerson p. 268
Mock Democracy William Greider p. 272
The Big Barbecue Landon Y. Jones Jr. p. 281
The Rope Line Samuel G. Freedman p. 289
Nixonland Francine du Plessix Gray p. 298
Consultants: The Men Who Came to Dinner Walter Guzzardi p. 306
Class Act Jeremy Treglown p. 316
The New American Heartland John Herbers p. 321
The 1950s Charles Kaiser p. 325
Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations Nat Hentoff p. 330
Miracle Kid Lucinda Franks p. 335
Travels of the Rock John McPhee p. 351
Acknowledgments p. 369
Author Index p. 373
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