Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings (LOA #377)

“Breslin touched nearly all the bases of New York newspapering … He now joins the handful of journalists—among them, A.J. Liebling—in the august roster of authors collected by the Library of America. The magnificent journalism Breslin produced in his long career amounts to a pocket history of our times—high and low—told with energetic reporting and an unmistakable verve.” —The Wall Street Journal

Jimmy Breslin (1928-2017) was born and raised in Queens in New York City. He began his long newspaper career as a sportswriter for the Long Island Press. He went on to write regularly as a columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune, the Daily News (two stints), and Newsday. Breslin’s many awards included the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, a George Polk Memorial Award, and an American Society of Newspaper Editors Award.

Dan Barry has been a reporter and columnist for the New York Times since 1995. His awards include the Best American Newspaper Narrative Award in 2015; the Mike Berger Award from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2005; and the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for deadline reporting in 2003. He is the author of several books including This Land- America, Lost and Found (2018), a collection of his “This Land” columns first published in the Times.

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