Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Longest Day

The Birth of Literary Non-Fiction

In 1959, a reporter named Cornelius Ryan published The Longest Day, about the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy known as D-Day. In the Columbia Journalism Review this month, author Michael Shapiro argues that Ryan’s book was nothing short of revolutionary.
Audio Embed: WNYC's On The Media 6/5/10, Host: Brooke Gladstone.

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