The new kings of nonfiction / edited and introduced by Ira Glass. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2007. - 455 p. ; 21 cm.

Introduction / Ira Glass -- Johnathan Lebed's extracurricular activities / Michael Lewis -- Toxic dreams: a California town finds meaning in an acid pit / Jack Hitt -- Six degrees of Lois Weisberg / Malcolm Gladwell -- Shapinsky's karma / Lawrence Weschler -- The American man, age ten / Susan Orlean -- Among the thugs / Bill Buford -- Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy / Chuck Klosterman -- Host / David Foster Wallace -- Tales of the tyrant / Mark Bowden -- Losing the war / Lee Sandlin -- The hostess dairies: my year at a hot spot / Coco Henson Scales -- My Republican journey / Dan Savage -- Power steer / Michael Pollan -- Fortune's smile: world series of poker / James McManus.

9781594482670 (pbk.)


American prose literature--21st century.
Reportage literature, American.
American essays--21st century.
Anecdotes.

PS 659.2 / N548 2007