This Old Man: All in Pieces
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101971398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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R. Angeloni said Every Aspiring Writer Should Read Roger Angell. Simply put, Roger Angell, senior fiction editor and a long-time contributor with The New Yorker magazine, is one of the greatest living (thankfully) American writers. “This Old Man -- All in Pieces” is a compelling and enjoyable gathering of essays, book rev. "One Old Man enjoys Another's Stories" according to Bruce M. Bailey. As a long-time fan of Roger Angell (via many yrs of reading The New Yorker) the book didn't disappoint me---far from it. Simple math finds me 8 yrs his junior, so the title alone was enough to get me to buy it. A lot of it does in fact relate to the magazine and his exp. Memories of great days, great games and how to age gracefully Roger loves sports, and knows more people than most anyone. His decades with the New Yorker put him in touch with Babe Ruth, mayor LaGuardia and all the rest.since he is alive and vital at 93, his memory is fantastic and anybody over fifty will love this book.he makes g
Roger Angell, the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, steps up with a selection of writings that celebrate a view from the tenth decade of an engaged, vibrant life. Whether it’s a Fourth of July in rural Maine, the opening game of the 2015 World Series, editorial exchanges with John Updike, a letter to a son, or his award-winning essay on aging, “This Old Man,” what links the pieces is Angell’s unique perceptions and humor, his utter absence of self-pity, and his appreciation of friends and colleagues encountered over a fruitful career unlik
His awards include a George Polk Award for Commentary; the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse, presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters; a PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing; and the J. . Roger Angell is a senior fiction editor and a longtime contributor with The New Yorker. His writings for the magazine include reporting, commentary, fiction, humor, film and book reviews, and, for many years, the magazine’s Christmas verse
I want to hear the things he's said a thousand times.”—GQ“Lucid, humane, and insightful. But what seem to be odds and ends, literary leftovers, are revealed to be mortar of a writing life. Perhaps most surprising is the suppleness and range of his writing. Gemlike. The most trivial stuff in it is still delightful. Angell is equally at ease writing annual Christmas poems, witty internal memos, letters, haiku, speeches, literary essays, and "casuals". White. As Angell tells it straight, it's not much of a pleasure to be very old, but it is a great pleasure to spend time in the company of This Old Man.” —Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan“Sublime…