Yasmine's review
The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass
An awesome collection of really good articles from all over. The kind of journalism I wished I did.
My favourites are the first three articles. The first is a story about Jonathan Lebed, a then-15-year-old who got hauled in by the Securities and Exchange Commission for a trading scandal, which then turns into an examination of the way the whole financial market is run -- and as a business journalist I had to agree with this article in all the ways it was possible to agree with something.
The second is about a small town that decides to sue the operators and users of a toxic waste dump that is polluting their lives. How very Love Canal and Erin Brockovich, you think, I've heard it all before -- but then there's this unbelievable twist in the middle and it's so good I had to read it over again just to make sure I read right.
And the third is by Malcolm Gladwell, so no matter what I say here I'm sure you have an opinion already.
Altogether a great book, it's like picking up...more
My favourites are the first three articles. The first is a story about Jonathan Lebed, a then-15-year-old who got hauled in by the Securities and Exchange Commission for a trading scandal, which then turns into an examination of the way the whole financial market is run -- and as a business journalist I had to agree with this article in all the ways it was possible to agree with something.
The second is about a small town that decides to sue the operators and users of a toxic waste dump that is polluting their lives. How very Love Canal and Erin Brockovich, you think, I've heard it all before -- but then there's this unbelievable twist in the middle and it's so good I had to read it over again just to make sure I read right.
And the third is by Malcolm Gladwell, so no matter what I say here I'm sure you have an opinion already.
Altogether a great book, it's like picking up...more
