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Informationen zum Autor William O'Rourke Klappentext William O'Rourke, a former columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, is author of The Meekness of Isaac, Idle Hands, Criminal Tendencies, and Notts, and five works of nonfiction. He is editor of On the Job: Fiction about Work by Contemporary American Writers and (with John Matthias) of the collection Notre Dame Review: The First Ten Years. Zusammenfassung Lively essays with a personal twist Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Preface I: The Personal Here's Mine Richard Elman Grace Paley My rap problems-and yours? Arming Yourself for the Outdoors Two Midwest Meditations: I.Reunion and Revolution II. Ties Dear Dad Confessions of a Freelancer II: The Personal and the Political Extreme Makeover: TV Home Improvement from Carter to Bush II Five Male Chroniclers of Bill Clinton and His World: Christopher Hitchens, Michael Isikoff, Andrew Morton, George Stephanopoulos, Bob Woodward 9/11 Blue & Red America After September 11th Virginia Tech Imus Susan Braudy: Family Circle Joe Conason: Big Lies Daniel Ellsberg: Secrets John Frohnmayer: Leaving Town Alive Dick Morris: Off With Their Heads Kevin Phillips: American Dynasty (1) Kevin Phillips: American Theology (2) Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose: Bushwacked Robert B. Reich: Reason David McCullough: John Adams Edmund Morris: Theodore Rex Steve Neal: Happy Days Are Here Again Amanda Smith: Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy John A. Farrell: Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century III: The Personal and the Political and the Literary Raymond Carver: Hemingway Without Money Michael Ryan: Secret Life Philip Graham: How to Read an Unwritten Language Peter Dexter: The Paperboy John Updike: The Afterlife and Other Stories John McGahern and Colm Toibin Jim Crace: Signals of Distress Robert Olen Butler: They Whisper Richard Ford: Independence Day Harvey Jacobs: American Goliath Thomas Keneally: American Scoundrel John L'Heureux: The Miracle Toby Olson and Ellen Akins Pinckney Benedict: Dogs of God Rick Bass: Platte River Michael Stephens: The Brooklyn Book of the Dead Graham Swift: Last Orders Bob Shacochis: Swimming in the Volcano Willie Morris: New York Days Forward to the Past Andrew Levy: The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story Acknowledgements Index ...
