Joshua's review
The New Kings of Nonfiction
by Ira Glass
Joshua's review
The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass
Joshua's review
rating:
I suppose its fair to say that Ira Glass is kind of my hero. Not necessarily because he's brought down empires with pacifism or because he lobbied auto manufacturers for seat belts, but because he really inspires me to read and write. This entire collection is something he had sitting in a pile on his desk, saved for an appropriate time as he considered them to be great works of nonfiction. I want to be like that, finding something brilliant and xeroxing it and stapling it together with other articles that can be given to someone for a fit of inspiration. I also like him because he wore thick-framed glasses before it was cool.
It goes without saying that the entire collection was filled with talented journalists/writers. But a few standouts were David Foster Wallace who perhaps is the only person to do a truly unbiased portrayal of a right-wing talk radio host, Susan Orlean and her profile of the American 10-year old, and Chuck Klosterman, who up until this point I only conside...more
It goes without saying that the entire collection was filled with talented journalists/writers. But a few standouts were David Foster Wallace who perhaps is the only person to do a truly unbiased portrayal of a right-wing talk radio host, Susan Orlean and her profile of the American 10-year old, and Chuck Klosterman, who up until this point I only conside...more
