Favorite Non-Fiction Author?
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Re: Favorite Non-Fiction Author?
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I had the good luck to have him as my writing teacher in the late 1970s in high school, and he remained one of my job references until his death in 2003.jamespoet wrote:I love the memiors of Frank McCourt. Anything even remotely irish just sucks me in.
On Fridays, we had "reading days," when we had to read original works. When we ran out of fresh material, he would take out take out a battered notebook and read his stuff about "Danny the Fit" and growing up in poverty in Limerick in Ireland. It was gripping. But he was just another schoolteacher, doing cookie cop duty in the lunchroom and stamping late passes. His brother was mildly well-known as a radio motormouth and occasional actor.
Flash forward to 20 years later. I am sitting in my office in New Zealand, reading his brand-new memoir, and it all sounds so familiar. Astonished, I call him by phone -- yes, I still had his number. Yes, he answered. He was amazed to hear my voice, and we had a good conversation.
He expressed his own bemusement and amazement at having supermodels who could hide behind a pencil coming up to him and saying his book was wonderful and had inspired him, and how now he was considered an oracle on everything, while as a school teacher. Nobody listened to him then.
I said, "Well, I listened to you. And I would not be a journalist and writer if I had not. So I'm grateful."
Long silence at the other end of the phone in Manhattan, 9,851 miles away.
"Thank you, David," he said.
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Carpe Diem!
Suzy...
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You're very welcome.suzy1124 wrote:K.W.....Wow!....very interesting story!....thanks...
He was one of my job references on my resume until his death in 2003.
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Deepak Chopra - "Ageless Body Timeless Mind"
Susan Cain - "Quiet"
Nyomi Clein - "The Shock Doctrine"
It's hard just to pick only one.
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Just saw him give a lecture at NJPAC, and got his autograph on my books...superb writer and wordsmith.cap78 wrote:David McCullough is amazing
He does not use Google or Wikipedia...and he types everything on an electric typewriter.
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I have the John Adams mini-series on DVD and it came with a documentary of him, showing how he does his writing...his little writing building in his backyard is amazingKiwiwriter wrote:Just saw him give a lecture at NJPAC, and got his autograph on my books...superb writer and wordsmith.cap78 wrote:David McCullough is amazing
He does not use Google or Wikipedia...and he types everything on an electric typewriter.
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I have the DVD too, and now I'm going to watch the documentary! THANKS!cap78 wrote:I have the John Adams mini-series on DVD and it came with a documentary of him, showing how he does his writing...his little writing building in his backyard is amazingKiwiwriter wrote:Just saw him give a lecture at NJPAC, and got his autograph on my books...superb writer and wordsmith.cap78 wrote:David McCullough is amazing
He does not use Google or Wikipedia...and he types everything on an electric typewriter.
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