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Calvin Trillin

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39+ verk 6,181 medlemmar 168 recensioner 38 favoritmärkta

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Calvin Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University and graduated in 1957; he later served as a Fellow of the University. He was born on December 5, 1935. He worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker in 1963. His reporting for visa mer The New Yorker on the racial integration of the University of Georgia was published in his first book, An Education in Georgia. Family, travel and food are also themes in Trillin's work. Three of his books American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings; were individually published and are also collected in the 1994 compendium The Tummy Trilogy. He has also written a collection of short stories Barnett Frummer Is An Unbloomed Flower (1969) and three comic novels, Runestruck (1977), Floater (1980), and Tepper Isn't Going Out (2001). Among his recent work, is Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor for Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff, in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Calvin Trillin

About Alice (2006) 887 exemplar
Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel (2001) 500 exemplar
The Tummy Trilogy (1994) 418 exemplar
Travels with Alice (1989) 390 exemplar
Remembering Denny (1993) 279 exemplar
Family Man (1998) 249 exemplar
Killings (1984) 206 exemplar
Too Soon to Tell (1995) 156 exemplar
American Stories (1991) 152 exemplar

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The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 1,321 exemplar
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (2007) — Bidragsgivare — 535 exemplar
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 324 exemplar
Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker (2000) — Bidragsgivare — 298 exemplar
The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Bidragsgivare — 291 exemplar
Reporting Civil Rights, Part 2: American Journalism 1963-1973 (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 217 exemplar
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 211 exemplar
Russell Baker's Book of American Humor (1993) — Bidragsgivare — 207 exemplar
The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 205 exemplar
McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (1943) — Förord, vissa utgåvor184 exemplar
Great British Cooking: Wellkept Secret, A (1981) — Förord, vissa utgåvor155 exemplar
The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 131 exemplar
The Best American Travel Writing 2009 (2009) — Bidragsgivare — 124 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2006 (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 99 exemplar
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker (2021) — Bidragsgivare — 90 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2009 (2009) — Bidragsgivare — 86 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1987 (1987) — Bidragsgivare — 85 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2008 (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 83 exemplar
The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 82 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2003 (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 67 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2001 (2001) — Bidragsgivare — 66 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2000 (2000) — Bidragsgivare — 60 exemplar
Best Food Writing 2002 (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 58 exemplar
The Best American Crime Reporting 2010 (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 58 exemplar
Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 57 exemplar
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Bidragsgivare — 52 exemplar
Howe and Hummel: Their True and Scandalous History (1947) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor51 exemplar
They Went: The Art and Craft of Travel Writing (1991) — Bidragsgivare — 35 exemplar
National Geographic Magazine 2005 v208 #5 November (2005) — Bidragsgivare — 28 exemplar

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Allmänna fakta

Vedertaget namn
Trillin, Calvin
Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Trillin, Calvin Marshall
Andra namn
Trillin, Buddy
Födelsedag
1935-12-05
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Bostadsorter
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA
Utbildning
Yale University (B.A.|1957)
Yrken
actor
journalist
humorist
food writer
novelist
poet
Relationer
Trillin, Alice (wife)
Organisationer
Time
The New Yorker
The Nation
United States Army
Priser och utmärkelser
Thurber Prize for American Humor (2012)
Kort biografi
A longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin is also The Nation's deadline poet.  He lives in Greenwich Village, which he describes as "a neighborhood where people from the suburbs come on weekends to test their car alarms."

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For years I’ve enjoyed Calvin Trillin’s columns, but I’ve only ever read one of his books, a moving tribute to his wife Alice, “About Alice,” a tiny (76 pages) book that will challenge anyone’s tear ducts. And this from a man I’ve never considered particularly emotional. The book is just that moving. “The Lede” is a compilation of Trillin’s columns, mostly from his home publication The New Yorker. They are often funny, always interesting, and usually educational. Calvin Trillin is one of those individuals who qualifies as a bona fide national treasure.… (mer)
 
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FormerEnglishTeacher | Mar 8, 2024 |
Smartly and deftly written, I rather enjoyed it.
 
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mimo | 24 andra recensioner | Dec 18, 2023 |
I really wanted to like this a lot more. It is occasionally clever, with a few chuckles. But most of it was really just recounting the events of the 2012 presidential campaign with the gimmick that it's in rhyme most of the time. Nothing to do with portraying the participants as dogs, which was a really lost opportunity in selecting breeds and personality traits. Some minor charm, but ultimately disappointing.
 
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sheldonnylander | 6 andra recensioner | Apr 5, 2023 |
When it comes to movies, there's a certain kind of movie that my partner and I say is really great on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Usually not an Oscar winner, often not even widely known but one that brings a smile to your face and makes you glad you spent the time to relax and enjoy it.

This book is the literary equivalent. "Comfortable" to read and brought a smile to my face.
 
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toddtyrtle | 24 andra recensioner | Dec 28, 2022 |

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Verk
39
Även av
35
Medlemmar
6,181
Popularitet
#3,977
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
168
ISBN
112
Språk
1
Favoritmärkt
38

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