
All the journalists in the audience should check out his book, The New New Journalism--it's full of interviews with great writers. Then, check out Boynton's review of uber-reporter Gay Talese's new book at The Columbia Journalism Review.
Instead of panning the sprawling memoir, Boynton delivers a writing lesson that we should all heed in this dangerous age of hyper-productive writing.
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"The dirty little secret of publishing is that most books — even from prestigious publishers and seasoned authors — are merely “product.” Not egregiously bad (which would at least make them interesting), but simply mediocre work written to fulfill an overdue contract for a once-promising idea."







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