My Last Eight Thousand Days: An American Male in His Seventies - Paperback

$23.95

My Last Eight Thousand Days: An American Male in His Seventies - Paperback

Name: My Last Eight Thousand Days: An American Male in His Seventies - Paperback
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SKU: 9780820364315
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by Lee Gutkind

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Book Overview

As founding editor of Creative Nonfiction and architect of the genre, Lee Gutkind played a crucial role in establishing literary, narrative nonfiction in the marketplace and in the academy. A longstanding advocate of New Journalism, he has reported on a wide range of issues--robots and artificial intelligence, mental illness, organ transplants, veterinarians and animals, baseball, motorcycle enthusiasts--and explored them all with his unique voice and approach.

In My Last Eight Thousand Days, Gutkind turns his notepad and tape recorder inward, using his skills as an immersion journalist to perform a deep dive on himself. Here, he offers a memoir of his life as a journalist, editor, husband, father, and Pittsburgh native, not only recounting his many triumphs, but also exposing his missteps and challenges. The overarching concern that frames these brave, often confessional stories, is his obsession and fascination with aging: how aging provoked anxieties and unearthed long-rooted tensions, and how he came to accept, even enjoy, his mental and physical decline. Gutkind documents the realities of aging with the characteristically blunt, melancholic wit and authenticity that drive the quiet force of all his work.

ISBN	9780820364315
Author	Lee Gutkind
Publisher	University of Georgia Press
Genre	Biography, Self-help & personal development, and Relationships
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2023
Language	ENG- English
Pages	272
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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