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CaliforniaPeggy

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4. I first read his essays in the New Yorker...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2018, 05:10 PM

Dec 2018

And then they were published as books.

And then he revised them into one glorious book........which I bought and read!

Annals of the Former World--an amazing volume!

Glad to hear he's still at it. Thanks, my dear elleng.

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In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand. [View all] elleng Dec 2018 OP

Love love love John McPhee. shanny Dec 2018 #1

Ditto! elleng Dec 2018 #2

A pioneer of narrative non-fiction Bradshaw3 Dec 2018 #3

I first read his essays in the New Yorker... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2018 #4

You're welcome, Peg. My first of his was elleng Dec 2018 #5

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