American - Journalist | March 10, 1967 -
My night stand is more like a geological structure: a bunch of books piled on the floor with its own strata.
David Grann
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I have lots of gaps in my education, and so I'm often picking up classic books that most people read years ago.
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I don't cry too often reading books, but I did reading Francisco Goldman's autobiographical novel, 'Say Her Name.'
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Because I read so much nonfiction for work, I enjoy fiction most, especially detective novels and mysteries that keep me awake at night.
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It took me a long time to be able to write for the 'New Yorker,' and for me, that has been the best job. I live a very conventional life, but reporting for the magazine has allowed me to do things I would never otherwise do, such as investigating a criminal conspiracy in Guatemala or trekking through the Amazon looking for a lost city.
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I haven't read a word of Proust. And I listen obsessively to sports radio.
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I guess if I had to pick one interest that is unique, it would be giant squids - I'm disturbingly fascinated by them and even wrote a story about the hunt for them.
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I am not, by nature, an explorer or an adventurer.
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I don't want to just traffic in sensationalism or in mere blood.
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I don't hunt, I don't camp, and I get lost on my subway to work here in Times Square!
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I've always been a big believer that you can use the elements of storytelling to bring the reader along and to hopefully illuminate a lot of the important things. It's a challenge, but it's something I kind of believe in.
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I've done a lot of stories over the years, and sometimes there are larks, and they're fun, and you kind of move on.
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