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An annotated guide to the work of the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, teacher, and pioneer of creative nonfiction.

@noelrubinton.bsky.social's Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee is out now. Enjoy a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee by Noel Rubinton

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Rising from the Plains by John McPhee

Rising from the Plains is John McPhee's third book on geology and geologists. Following Basin and...

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Assembling California by John McPhee

At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the com...

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Crossing the Craton by John McPhee

With his Pulitzer Prize-winning Annals of the Former World, John McPhee explores not only the ric...

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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee

The long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacherDraft N...

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July 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Listen to Noel Rubinton discuss John McPhee, the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, teacher, and pioneer of creative nonfiction, and his inspiring career.

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May 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Princeton University Press

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Discover the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, teacher, and pioneer of creative nonfiction, John McPhee. Noel Rubinton shares his detailed process, research and study of McPhee's career to create an annotated guide of his brilliant work.

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May 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM Everybody can reply

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April 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

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Book Jacket from John McPhee's "The Pine Barrens"

Book Overview
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which are too sandy and acid to be good for farming. On all sides, however, developments of one kind or another have gradually moved in, so that now the central and integral forest is reduced to about a thousand square miles. Although New Jersey has the heaviest population density of any state, huge segments of the Pine Barrens remain uninhabited. The few people who dwell in the region, the "Pineys," are little known and often misunderstood. Here McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and describe the people--and their distinctive folklore--who call it home.

February 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM Everybody can reply

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Given that the only thing holding my psyche together these shadowy days is the morning practice of reading the creative nonfiction writing of John McPhee, I am hereby commencing upon the journey of obtaining and absorbing every one of his books. #johnmcphee #thenewyorker #mentalhealth #selfcare

January 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Digging out my copies of #JohnMcPhee #books, remembering being a new #geologist, how it has carried across into #spatial #data, #geomorphology, #geomorphometry, #hydrology, #landcover, #engineeringgeology, #landuse, so many #usecases...
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January 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM Everybody can reply

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John McPhee: "Mr. Moto3" lascia il palcoscenico del Mondiale
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John McPhee: "Mr. Moto3" lascia il palcoscenico del Mondiale

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Inspired Kenya

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Sharpen your writing skills with timeless lessons from New Yorker legend John McPhee. ✍️ Dive into his insights on structure, storytelling, and more via @RaganComms: www.ragan.com/9-writing-le... #WritingTips #Storytelling #JohnMcPhee #ContentCreation

9 writing lessons from The New Yorker staff writer John McPhee - Ragan Communications

How to make your writing like a flashlight.

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December 6, 2024 at 11:10 PM Everybody can reply

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On this day in 1970, Barnsley played at Brighton & Hove Albion in Div 3. The Reds had failed to score in 4 of the previous 6 games but got 2 - from John McPhee, signed from Blackpool in the close season and Eric Winstanley & won 2-1. #BarnsleyFC #JohnMcPhee #EricWinstanley

December 5, 2024 at 7:47 AM Everybody can reply

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