The National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) is pleased to announce that John P. Avlon has autographed 10 copies of his new book, Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns, to be distributed free to the first 10 people, who join the NSNC with a three-year membership.
Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns is a salute to the American newspaper column. It includes columns by many legends of their time and masters of the craft, including: Jimmy Breslin, Mike Royko, Murray Kempton, Ernie Pyle, Peggy Noonan, Thomas L. Friedman, David Brooks, Mitch Albom, Dorothy Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Benjamin Franklin, Fanny Fern, Richard Harding Davis, Grantland Rice, Will Rogers, Orson Welles, Langston Hughes, Woody Guthrie, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, H.L. Mencken, Ben Hecht, Westbrook Pegler, Heywood Broun, Damon Runyon, W. C. Heinz, Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, Russell Baker, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Hunter S. Thompson, Pete Dexter, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Leonard Pitts, Anna Quindlen, Thomas Boswell, Tony Kornheiser, Kathleen Parker, Maureen Dowd, Bob Herbert, Michael Kinsley, Cynthia Tucker, George Will, Jack Newfield, Mike Barnicle, Pete Hamill and Steve Lopez. It also includes one by Theodore Roosevelt that appeared in The Kansas City Star.
The heartbeat of American culture and the emotion of public opinion has always been reflected in our nation’s newspapers. This book is an inspiration for both seasoned and aspiring writers. The columns are a wonderful example of the best ever written.
John P. Avlon is an active member of the NSNC. He is a senior columnist for Newsweek and the Daily Beast, as well as a CNN contributor. In addition to editing Deadline Artists, he authored Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics and Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America. Previously, he was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun and worked as chief speechwriter for Rudolph Giuliani when he was the mayor of New York City.
Get your copy today. Sign up for a three-year membership at www.columnists.com (https://www.columnists.com/?page_id=20)
Thank you,
Rose A. Valenta
NSNC Membership Chair
