The New Kings of Nonfiction

By Ira Glass

Subjects: American Reportage literature, American essays, American prose literature, Anecdotes, Prose literature

Description: The New Kings of Nonfiction heralds a collection of stories - some well-known, some slightly obscure - capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of non-fiction. These pieces on subjects as diverse as teenage white-collar criminals, buying a cow. Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodexes, are meant to mesmerize and inspire. The Writers Include: Jack Hitt Malcolm Gladwell Michael Lewis James McManus Dan Savage Chuck Klosterman David Foster Wallace Coco Henson Scales Mark Bowden Lawrence Weschler Bill Buford Susan Orlean Lee Sandlin Michael Pollan Editor Ira Glass is the producer and host of the award-winning radio and television program This American Life.