Bibliograph

My last eight thousand days, an American male in his seventies, Lee Gutkind

Type

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My last eight thousand days, an American male in his seventies, Lee Gutkind

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My last eight thousand days

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lee Gutkind

Series statement

Crux : the Georgia series in literary nonfiction

Sub title

an American male in his seventies

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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