The 60s: The Story of a Decade (New Yorker: The Story of a D

ISBN: 0812983319

Author: The New Yorker Magazine

Condition: new

This fascinating anthology collects notable New Yorker pieces from the most tumultuous years of the twentieth century-including work by James Baldwin, Pauline Kael, Sylvia Plath, Roger Angell, and Muriel Spark-alongside new assessments of the 1960s by some of todays finest writers.Here are real-time accounts of these years, brought to immediate and profound life: Calvin Trillin reports on the integration of Southern universities, E. B. White and John Updike wrestle with the enormity of the Kennedy assassination, and Jonathan Schell travels with American troops into the jungles of Vietnam. Some of the truly timeless works of American journalism came out of The New Yorker that decade, including Truman Capotes In Cold Blood, Rachel Carsons Silent Spring, and James Baldwins The Fire Next Time, all excerpted here. The arts, too, underwent an extraordinary transformation, with the magazine publishing such indelible short story masterpieces as John Cheevers The Swimmer and John Updikes A & P; iconic poems by Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton; and in-depth profiles of crucial cultural figures like Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and Muhammad Ali (when he was still Cassius Clay). This collection of groundbreaking pieces is also given contemporary context by current New Yorker writers, resulting in an incomparable portrait of a truly galvanizing era.Including contributions by Renata Adler Roger Angell Hannah Arendt James Baldwin Truman Capote Rachel Carson John Cheever Mavis Gallant Pauline Kaell Jane Kramer John McPhee Sylvia Plath Muriel Spark Calvin Trillin John Updike E. B. WhiteAnd featuring new perspectives by Jennifer Egan Malcolm Gladwell Dana Goodyear Adam Gopnik Jill Lepore Larissa MacFarquhar Evan Osnos George Packer Kelefa SannehPraise for The 60s: The Story of a DecadeThe third installment in the esteemed magazines superb decades series . . . The contributor list is an embarrassment of riches. . . . The hits continue. Bring on the '70s.-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)[The 60s] deserves a lasting place on ones shelves. Like its predecessors in the series, this collection is a time capsule and a keeper.-Booklist