Calvin Trillin at the 92nd Street Y

De: Calvin Trillin

Narrado por: Mark Singer

Calvin Trillin has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963, the year the magazine published "An Education in Georgia", his account of the desegregation of the University of Georgia. He also became the "deadline poet" at The Nation in 1990. He has written verses on current events for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Public Radio, and has published 25 books.

His books on eating are considered classics: American Fried, Alice, Let's Eat, and Third Helpings. He is also known for his nonfiction books, such as Remembering Denny, Killings, and, most recently, About Alice. His comic novels and commentary works include Tepper Isn't Going Out, Obliviously on He Sails, and A Heckuva Job. In this interview with Mark Singer, Trillin speaks on multiple topics, including his happy childhood and his experience at Yale as a Jewish Midwesterner.

Mark Singer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1974. His books include Funny Money, which first appeared in The New Yorker in serialized form, and three collections of his New Yorker pieces, most recently Character Studies: Encounters with the Curiously Obsessed.

Don't miss more from Calvin Trillin:

About Alice

Tepper Isn't Going Out and

Tales from The Tummy Trilogy

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