George Plimpton, Author , edited by Sarah Dudley Plimpton. Random $24.95 (200p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6342-0
These tame "excursions" (edited by the author's widow) are a far cry from past Plimpton adventures, where the inventor of "participatory journalism" famously cast himself as a boxer or a circus performer. The title essay is the...
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George Plimpton, Author Nan A. Talese $31.75 (512p) ISBN 978-0-385-23249-4
Few lives present so apt a subject for an oral biography as that of Truman Capote (1924-84), the celebrity gossip hound, gay gadfly of the jet-setting class and author of such classics as In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's. In the style of...
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George Plimpton, Author W. W. Norton & Company $16.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-02255-1
Participatory journalist (and celebrity editor) Plimpton delivers yet another insider's account of professional sports; this time, the game is ice hockey. A season with the Boston Bruins is the basis for Plimpton's absorbing personal report of what...
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George Plimpton, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $14.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-02-597650-4
The ubiquitous Plimpton strikes again, with a first novel; and it's tempting, and not really unfair, to say that he's almost as much out of his depth in full-length fiction as in those memorable moments in the ring or on the football field. He goes...
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George Plimpton, Author Lyons Press $14.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-55821-276-3
The writer/journalist in the worlds of professional sports. (Oct.)
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George Plimpton, Author W. W. Norton & Company $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-393-03484-4
The first section of this book is as entertaining as anything Plimpton (Out of My League) has written. His loss at horseshoes to then-President George Bush prompted him to prepare for a promised rematch by investigating the X factor, aka the will to
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George Plimpton, Author, Jean Kennedy Smith, With Random House (NY) $23 (234p) ISBN 978-0-394-57003-7
With Plimpton ( Out of My League ), Smith--founder of Very Special Arts, which offers people with disabilities opportunities in the arts--presents interviews with artists who lead creative and fulfilling lives despite severe handicaps. Painter Chuck
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George Plimpton, Author, George Plimpton, Editor W. W. Norton & Company $59.95 (688p) ISBN 978-0-393-02769-3
A cornucopia of fiction, poetry and prose from 35 years of the prestigious Paris Review , this rich collection comprises 187 items, many by award-winning authors, constituting a stunning array of literary strategies. Some of the stories by such...
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George Plimpton, Author, Various, Author, George Plimpton, Editor Viking Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-80888-5
Thirteen contemporary writers, ranging from Malcolm Cowley (born 1898) to Raymond Carver (born 1938), comment informally on their work and craft, distinguish between their lives and works, between emotions and incidents, and discuss their self-critic
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George Plimpton, Author, Glenn Stout, Editor, George Plimpton, Editor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $13 (352p) ISBN 978-0-395-79762-4
Plimpton, a frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated, here collects entries from national, regional and specialty publications on such esoterica as arm wrestling, fencing and fishing for little fish like herring, as well as on more popular sports.
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