The Longform Guide to George Plimpton
A collection of stories by and about George Plimpton, who died 10 years ago this week.
An Oral History of George Plimpton: The Man Does Everything Rather Well
An oral history of the oral history master.
George Gurley Observer Dec 1997 20min
"Hut—Two—Three … Ugh!"
A classic piece of participatory journalism, a genre Plimpton basically invented, on his very brief tenure as quarterback of the Detroit Lions.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Sep 1964
Looking for Hemingway
On Plimpton and the founders of The Paris Review.
Gay Talese Esquire Jul 1963
The Art of Fiction No. 21: Ernest Hemingway
An interview years in the making.
George Plimpton The Paris Review May 1958 35min
Medora Goes to the Game
A father and his 9-year-old daughter watch Harvard play Yale in football.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Nov 1981
My Father's Voice
Plimpton’s son on his dad’s signature style.
Taylor Plimpton New Yorker Jun 2002 10min
The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel
In January 1966, the month In Cold Blood was published, Truman Capote sat down with Plimpton to discuss the new art form he liked to call “creative journalism.”
George Plimpton New York Times Jan 1966 35min
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
A profile of a previously unknown rookie pitcher for the Mets who dropped out of Harvard, made a spiritual quest to Tibet, and somewhere along the line figured out how to throw a baseball much, much faster than anyone else on Earth.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Apr 1985
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