Episode 109: Buzz Bissinger

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Buzz Bissinger, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has written for Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, GQ and more. He is the author of several books, including Friday Night Lights. "It’s quiet. And I really felt I needed that quiet. People say, 'Well anger was your edge, and agitation was your edge, and that’s going to hurt your writing.' I don’t know, maybe. It may be that in order to live a happier life you become a shittier writer. I don't know. But I just couldn't live in that fashion anymore, I just couldn't. It would've destroyed my marriage. It was destroying me." Thanks to this week's sponsors. The Longform App is now available. Apply for the TinyLetter Writers Residency by September 26. And nominate your favorite soccer article for a chance to win a free Xbox One and EA SPORTS FIFA 15. Show Notes: buzzbissinger.com Bissinger on Longform [7:00] Friday Night Lights (Da Capo Press • 1990) [7:30] "Pursuit Of A Big Blue Chipper" (Sports Illustrated • Sep 1968) [12:00] "Disorder in the Court" series (The Philadelphia Inquirer • with Daniel R. Biddle and Fredric N. Tulsky • 1987) [unavailable online] [17:45] Father’s Day (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012) [18:00] Three Nights in August (Mariner • 2005) [20:30] A Prayer for the City (Vintage • 1998) [28:30] Shooting Stars (Penguin • 2009) [31:30] "Who Is Nick Foles?" (Philadelphia Magazine • Jun 2014) [39:00] "The Plane That Fell From the Sky" (St. Paul Pioneer Press • Apr 1979) [pdf] [44:00] "My Gucci Addiction" (GQ • Apr 2013) [1:01:00] "Darkness in August" (Vanity Fair • Feb 2014) [1:02:00] Wherever I Wind Up (R.A. Dickey • Blue Rider Press • 2012) [1:20:00] "Shattered Glass" (Vanity Fair • Sep 1998) [1:20:00] "The Runaway Doctor" (Vanity Fair • Jan 2011) [1:20:30] After Friday Night Lights (Byliner • 2012) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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