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Acknowledgments All books are collaborations, but this one has been more collaborative than most. I want to thank all the writers who talked to me for being so generous with their time and energy. The book benefited from the scrupulous research of Caroline Binham, Megan Costello, and Kris Wilton. Brooke Kroeger, Mitch Stephens, and Rick Woodward were kind enough to comment on the introduction, and Laura Marmor cast a critical eye on the entire manuscript. My friend and agent Chris Calhoun, and my editors at Vintage, Marty Asher and Lexy Bloom, have been supportive and enthusiastic throughout the project.
Acclaim for The New New Journalism “Fascinating and revealing insights into how writers really write.” —Tina Brown “A must-read for any aspiring or experienced writer, The New New Journalism gives nothing less than a recipe for better storytelling, fact or fiction. . . . Boynton offers a journalism education bar none. . . . To journalists, this book is crucial. To writing students, undoubtedly next year’s required reading. To avid readers of this genre, a light to illuminate the mystery of their best pleasure.” —Lydia Reynolds, The Denver Post “Like a building contractor interviewing carpenters for a job, Boynton assesses his subjects based on what sort of tools he finds in their toolboxes.” —Jack Shafer, The New York Times Book Review “If there has ever been a better book of author interviews, it has escaped my attention. [Boynton’s] enormous labors show in the insightful introductions he writes about each of the nineteen authors, in the perceptiveness of his questions, in his determination to discover how the muckrakers of 100 years ago and the first wave of New Journalists forty years ago left their mark on these nineteen contemporaries, in the subtle ways he both instructs and entertains through the interviews he conducts.” —Steve Weinberg, St. Petersburg Times “A compelling guide to the craft.” —Bob Cohn, Wired “A gold mine of technique, approach and philosophy for journalists, writers and close readers alike.” —Publishers Weekly “Boynton offers a valuable primer for how strong journalism and the attention to craft practiced by his featured writers have created a ‘literature of the everyday.’ The New New Journalism compels readers to seek alternatives to the current infotainment-soaked culture.” —Belinda Acosta, The Austin Chronicle “A great compilation of astute interviews with a group of reporters who are both masterful story tellers and brilliant writers.”
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Acclaim for The New New Journalism<br />
“Fascinating and revealing insights into how writers really write.”<br />
—Tina Brown<br />
“A must-read for any aspiring or experienced writer, The New New Journalism gives nothing less<br />
than a recipe for better storytelling, fact or fiction. . . . Boynton offers a journalism education bar<br />
none. . . . To journalists, this book is crucial. To writing students, undoubtedly next year’s required<br />
reading. To avid readers of this genre, a light to illuminate the mystery of their best pleasure.”<br />
—Lydia Reynolds, The Denver Post<br />
“Like a building contractor interviewing carpenters for a job, Boynton assesses his subjects based on<br />
what sort of tools he finds in their toolboxes.”<br />
—Jack Shafer, The New York Times Book Review<br />
“If there has ever been a better book of author interviews, it has escaped my attention. [Boynton’s]<br />
enormous labors show in the insightful introductions he writes about each of the nineteen authors, in<br />
the perceptiveness of his questions, in his determination to discover how the muckrakers of 100 years<br />
ago and the first wave of New Journalists forty years ago left their mark on these nineteen<br />
contemporaries, in the subtle ways he both instructs and entertains through the interviews he<br />
conducts.”<br />
—Steve Weinberg, St. Petersburg Times<br />
“A compelling guide to the craft.” —Bob Cohn, Wired<br />
“A gold mine of technique, approach and philosophy for journalists, writers and close readers alike.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
“Boynton offers a valuable primer for how strong journalism and the attention to craft practiced by<br />
his featured writers have created a ‘literature of the everyday.’ The New New Journalism compels<br />
readers to seek alternatives to the current infotainment-soaked culture.”<br />
—Belinda Acosta, The Austin Chronicle<br />
“A great compilation of astute interviews with a group of reporters who are both masterful story<br />
tellers and brilliant writers.”
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