An annotated guide to the work of the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, teacher, and pioneer of creative nonfiction
John Mc Phee has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1965 and has written more than thirty acclaimed books that began on the magazine’s pages. But few readers know or fully appreciate the true breadth of his writing. Looking for a Story is a complete reader’s guide to Mc Phee’s vast published work, documenting much rarely seen or connected with Mc Phee, including remarkable early writing for Time magazine published without his name.
In chronicling Mc Phee’s career where he broke ground applying devices long associated with fiction to the literature of fact, Noel Rubinton gives insights into Mc Phee’s techniques, choice of subjects, and research methods, shedding light on how Mc Phee turns complicated subjects like geology into compelling stories. Beyond detailing more than seventy years of Mc Phee’s writing, Rubinton recounts Mc Phee’s half century as a Princeton University writing professor, a little known part of his legacy. Mc Phee inspired generations of students who wrote hundreds of books of their own, also catalogued here.
With an incisive foreword by New Yorker staff writer and former Mc Phee student Peter Hessler, Looking for a Story also includes extensive annotated listings of articles about Mc Phee, reviews of his books, and interviews, readings, and speeches. Whether you are already an admirer of Mc Phee or new to his writings, this book provides an invaluable road map to his rich body of work.
Sobre el autor
Noel Rubinton is a journalist and strategic communications consultant whose writing has appeared in leading publications such as the
New York Times and the
Washington Post. He was a reporter and editor for
Newsday for many years.
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at
The New Yorker and his books include
Other Rivers: A Chinese Education.
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