A Day in the Life of Roger Angell

by Roger Angell

Witty and deftly drawn parodies from a literary legend
Roger Angell has a long history with the New Yorker: the son of fiction editor Katharine White and the stepson of E. B. White, Angell has spent decades writing and working for the magazine, to which he has contributed across genres and gained special renown for his essays on baseball. With A Day in the Life of Roger Angell, the author's gifts as an urbane humorist come to the fore. The pieces here include two of Angell's famous Christmas poems, parodies--of horoscopes, sports broadcasts, and Lawrence Durrell--and a tense correspondence over a short fiction contest that pays only in baked goods. Combined, these miniatures form a funny and charming chronicle of Manhattan life, as experienced both on the ground and in the city's most literary circles.

Genres: Baseball

Paperback

First published June 29, 1978

About the author

Roger Angell (b. 1920) is a celebrated New Yorker writer and editor. First published in the magazine in 1944, he became a fiction editor and regular contributor in 1956; and remains as a senior editor and staff writer. In addition to seven classic books on baseball, which include The Summer Game (1972), Five Seasons (1977), and Season Ticket (1988), he has written works of fiction, humor, and a memoir, Let Me Finish (2006).

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Those of you who read THE NEW YORKER will immediately realize this is a treasure trove of humor, wit and insights - Roger Angell was the best baseball writer we had, but he also turned his talents loose in many directions and this is what this incredible collection is all about.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this right after some Thurber was a brilliant accident on my part. I was only familiar with Angell’s baseball writing before but his satire might be even better.