I'm Dyin' Here: A Life in the Paper - Couverture souple

Grobaty, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1941932061 ISBN 13 : 9781941932063

Editeur : Brown Paper Press, 2016

Synopsis

Long Beach Press-Telegram writer Tim Grobaty was promoted to columnist at his newspaper back when it was still a glamorous and coveted job. In I'm Dyin' Here, the author means two things: He'll likely die at the job that he's spent nearly four decades doing, and at the same time his profession, too, is seeing its last days. Weaving together personal history and a selection of columns written over the course of his storied career, Grobaty offers readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a dying breed: the local columnist. With everyday life - fatherhood, holidays, suburbia, and random encounters with animals - serving as fodder for his column, Grobaty reveals his sources of motivation and vulnerability, all the while struggling to maintain relevance in a rapidly changing industry.

I'm Dyin' Here was chosen to inaugurate the Long Beach Mayor's Book Club - a new, citywide book club - in September 2016.

Says David Kipen, founder of Libros Schmibros and book critic for KPCC's Take Two: "Tim Grobaty, one of these great city-side columnists [has written] a book-length meditation on the current 'optimistic' state of the print journalism industry in which he works."

And Russ Parsons, former LA Times food critic and author of How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table, had this to say: "Over the years, a newspaper columnist develops a very special relationship with their readers: They become a favorite neighbor, a good friend, maybe even a family member. They don't deliver news; they tell us about life. Long Beach is lucky to have had Tim Grobaty in that role all these many years. He is the Bard of Big Town."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Grobaty, a daily humor columnist at the Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram, has won numerous awards, including being named the Best Columnist in the Western United States by Best in the West. He also has authored three books on local history: Growing Up in Long Beach: Boomer Memories from Autoettes to Los Altos Drive-In; Location Filming in Long Beach; and Long Beach Chronicles: From Pioneers to the 1933 Earthquake (History Press). A native of Long Beach, Grobaty lives (he still lives!) in the city with his wife, daughter, and two pups.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brown Paper Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1941932061
• ISBN 13: 9781941932063
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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