Russell Baker

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Beschreibung

Humorous essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning "supreme satirist" ( The Washington Post Book World). This collection of more than a hundred anecdotes and essays from the legendary journalist, New York Times columnist, and author of the bestselling memoir Growing Up offers wise and sharply witty reflections on an extraordinary array of topics, ranging from youth, wealth, the media, and the joy of anger to the difference between "dinner" and "supper." "Russell Baker is the Alka-Seltzer of the American experience.... The most effective comic relief available for the agonizing absurdities we encounter every day." - Houston Chronicle "When it comes to satire of a controlled but effervescent ferocity, nobody can touch Baker." - The Washington Post Book World

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Autor

Russell Baker has been charming readers for years with his astute political commentary and biting cerebral wit. The noted journalist, humorist, essayist, and biographer has written or edited seventeen books, and was the author of the nationally syndicated "Observer" column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998. Called by Robert Sherrill of the Washington Post Book Word, "the supreme satirist of this half-century," Baker is most famous for turning the daily gossip of most newspapers into the stuff of laugh-out-loud literature. John Skow of Time described Baker's work as "funny, but full of the pain and absurdity of the age... he can write with a hunting strain of melancholy, with delight, or... with shame or outrage." Baker received his first Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1979, in recognition of his "Observer" column. Baker received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography, Growing Up (1983). In addition to his regular column and numerous books, Baker also edited the anthologies, The Norton Book of Light Verse (1986) and Russell Baker's Book of American Humor (1993). From 1993 to 2004 he was the regular host of the PBS television series Masterpiece Theatre. Baker regularly contributed to national periodicals such as the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Saturday Evening Post, and McCalls. One of his columns, "How to Hypnotize Yourself into Forgetting the Vietnam War," was dramatized and filmed by Eli Wallach for PBS.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Diversion Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781626813243
• Artikelnr.: 53788956