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Ken Auletta has been the "Annals of Communication" columnist for The New Yorker since 1992. He is the author of seven previous books, including three national bestsellers. In ranking him as America's premier media critic, the Columbia Journalism Review concluded, "No other reporter has covered the new communications revolution as thoroughly as has Auletta." He has written for various newspapers and magazines and appeared regularly as a television interviewer and analyst. He started writing for The New Yorker in 1977. He grew up in Coney Island and now lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. His official website is http://www.kenauletta.com.
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Ken Auletta's Summer Reading List
The Landleaguers
by Anthony Trollop
To paraphrase Lincoln on the difficulty of composing short speeches, a list of five books I plan to read this summer is more difficult than a list of ten I might read. Even a list of books I won't read would be easier. On my shelf is a complete set of Trollop's novels and since I'm interested in the use of power, I plan to read one or two more of these.
Death and Taxes
by Steven R. Weisman
The history of the income tax sounds, I know, like a yawner, but I'm told that Steve Weisman's Death and Taxes is both edifying and a page turner, so that makes the list.
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan
by Edmund Morris
Robert Loomis of Random House is a great editor who has had a long, distinguished career. The few times a year I bump into Bob he asks if I've yet read one of his books, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris. I was enthralled by Morris' biographies of Teddy Roosevelt, but I am inclined to join the chorus of boos over the literary device Morris employed to capture Reagan. But now that the furor has died down, I'm curious.
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
I recently read Ian McEwan's Atonement, and was blown away. The architecture of the book is extraordinary, and prompts me to want to peek at his other novels, starting with Amsterdam.
Firehouse
by David Halberstam
And although I read his piece in Vanity Fair magazine from which his book, Firehouse sprung, I always read David Halberstam.
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