Thomas Fensch

Readers who love Lewis Carroll or the flower power generation of the 1960s will love this book. Originally published in 1970, "Alice in Acidland" suggests that Alice's experiences echo the LSD trips of the hippie 1960s--and could easily have been visualized by Thomas DeQuincey and the mad hatters of Lewis Carroll's time.

Alice in Acidland

Thomas Fensch pieces together articles and interviews to show how Keneally came to write Schindler's List; how Steven Spielberg brought this story to life on film; and how uncovering Schindler's rescue of Jewish lives has altered Holocaust awareness in our time.

The Man, the Book, the Film, the Holocaust and Its Survivors

Oskar Schindler and His List

John Steinbeck

Pascal Covici

An exploration of the complex relationship between a major American novelist and his editor draws upon the extensive correspondence between Steinbeck and Pascal Covici, the man who salvaged Steinbeck's floundering career

The Story of a Friendship

Steinbeck and Covici

Beginnings, Middles and Endings

Writing Solutions

Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of information in this detailed way, this book presents how a major disaster, a fast-moving story with considerable spin, was fed out to the press via the Dallas bureau in 1988. Introductory chapters outline the workings of a press bureau office during a major story and present interview sections with key reporters on the story about how their role unfolded. Sidebar commentary alongside the reproductions of the news wires, organised by date and time, adds interesting discussion throughout the book, while a conclusion evaluates the coverage of the story. The Appendices include reproductions of Texas newspapers’ resulting pages about the crash. This is a fascinating case-study of the dissemination of news date before the internet, compiled at a time when computers were just large enough to retain in memory all stories relating to event ‘X’ in order for this kind of analysis to be attempted.

The Crash of Delta Flight 1141

Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster

Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as "exceptional" writing. Other books discuss sports writers as "beat reporters" in one area of journalism, whereas this book shows aspiring sports writers a myriad of techniques to make their writing stand out. It takes the reader through the entire process of sports writing: observation, interviewing techniques, and various structures of articles; types of "leads;" transitions within an article; types of endings; use of statistics; do's and don'ts of sports writing; and many other style and technique points. This text provides over 100 examples of leads drawn from newspapers and magazines throughout the country, and also offers up-to-date examples of sports jargon from virtually every major and minor sport played in the U.S.

The Sports Writing Handbook

"Calling all Dr. Seuss fans -- this one's for you." -- Booklist. "An enjoyable journey through the seemingly simple avenues of Seussdom." -- School Library Journal. "For those who love -- or hate - -green eggs and ham, and anyone else." -- Ohioana Quarterly. Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel. Children and adults alike remember Dr. Seuss's cat in the hat, the culinary delight to be found in green eggs and ham, and the fate of the Grinch who stole Christmas. The 26 articles in this collection (from newspapers, magazines, the academic world and sources in between) provide a variety of perspective on his work, from how and why he completely revolutionized children's literature to why children were the ones who truly understood and appreciated his characters, This collection also includes a chronology of the key dates in Theodor Geisel's life.

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