NY Observer > David Samuels http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/53585/feed Articles from Observer.com en World’s Youngest Relic: Master of the New Old Journalism http://www.observer.com/2008/world-s-youngest-relic-master-new-old-journalism

The summer of 1988, David Samuels was between his junior and senior years at Harvard and decided he wanted to cover the Republican convention in New Orleans.

His journalism experience had been limited to writing parodies of news items for the Harvard Lampoon, and he had little in the way of access set up for the convention.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/world-s-youngest-relic-master-new-old-journalism#comments Media David Samuels Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:29:50 -0400 Matt Haber 67203 at http://www.observer.com Ivy League Phony, Real Thing Author http://www.observer.com/2008/ivy-league-phony-real-thing-author

THE RUNNER: A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE AMAZING ADVENTURES AND FANTASTICAL LIES OF THE IVY LEAGUE IMPOSTER JAMES HOGUE
By David Samuels
The New Press, 176 pages, $22.95


ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
By David Samuels
The New Press, 370 pages, $26.95

“The fact,” writes David Samuels, “that we lie like crazy while pretending to always tell the truth is such a common narrative strategy in American literature and American lives that we frequently confuse our wishful imaginings with reality.” A truth-teller, Mr. Samuels has just published two appreciations of the Great American Lie: The Runner and Only Love Can Break Your Heart, a collection of his essayistic journalism.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/ivy-league-phony-real-thing-author#comments Arts & Culture David Samuels James Arthur Hogue Princeton University Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:48:42 -0500 Michael Washburn 65908 at http://www.observer.com