How I Got to Be This Hip : The Collected Works of One of America's Preeminent Journalists
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Calvin Trillin He was, among other things, a charming man, and, as is so rarely the case, the charm came out on paper.
Norman Mailer Barry Farrell could always offer a reflection of his special qualities -- at once elegant, ironic, and never without feeling for his own moral values.
John McPhee I used to look upon the term "natural writer" as romantic, conceptual nonsense. Then I came to know Barry Farrell, nearly thirty years ago, and before long concluded that there was in the world at least one.
Calvin Trillin Barry Farrell and I became friends when we were both "floaters" at Time magazine -- the two utility infielders who filled in for writers who were on vacation or sick or shrewd enough to have got themselves detached to some special assignment. Even then, when Barry was writing Sports one week and Show Business the next, we were awestruck by his graceful prose and dazzling insights. My admiration only increased in the ensuing years.
Norman Mailer The magazine piece for a short occasion presents the writer with an onerous demand: It is almost impossible to be yourself. Barry Farrell, however, could always offer a reflection of his special qualities -- at once elegant, ironic, and never without feeling for his own moral values.
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Calvin Trillin He was, among other things, a charming man, and, as is so rarely the case, the charm came out on paper.
Norman Mailer Barry Farrell could always offer a reflection of his special qualities -- at once elegant, ironic, and never without feeling for his own moral values.
John McPhee I used to look upon the term "natural writer" as romantic, conceptual nonsense. Then I came to know Barry Farrell, nearly thirty years ago, and before long concluded that there was in the world at least one.
How I Got to Be This Hip : The Collected Works of One of America's Preeminent Journalists
How I Got to Be This Hip : The Collected Works of One of America's Preeminent Journalists,Barry Farrell,Washington Square Press,0671028103,American - General,Journalism,Journalists (Collected Columns),Literature - Classics / Criticism,Popular Culture,Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Sociology,Non-Classifiable
How I Got to Be This Hip : The Collected Works of One of America's Preeminent Journalists
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