In recent years, the writer John McPhee has stepped away from lucidly detailing complex structures like rocks and lacrosse plays, and has instead taken himself — and his 55 years working for the ...

John McPhee, 92, is known for the length and longevity of his writing. Out with a new book, 'Tabula Rasa,' he hopes writing will keep him alive forever.

Once John McPhee was looking for a ship, but now he is looking for a train. It’s late afternoon on a Wednesday in December, and he has just come from visiting his mother, who is 97 and in a ...

John McPhee, who turned 92 in March, would like to keep at it for a while — the writing, and the breathing.In his lively new collection, “Tabula Rasa,” the very longtime, very long-form ...

Writer John McPhee has tackled wide variety of topics, from oranges to the geological history of North America. NPR's Scott Simon talks with McPhee about his latest book, "Tabula Rasa." ...

John McPhee, one of the demigods of postwar American nonfiction, is 92 years old. He knows that his self-reckoning can’t be put off any longer, and he has the honesty and the talent to share its ...

In ‘Tabula Rasa,’ John McPhee looks back at books not written The prolific New Yorker writer offers a charming, breezy collection of reminiscences about projects that didn’t make it July 7, 2023 ...

The Classic. A Sense of Where You Are. McPhee's first book was more like a long profile. With a deft touch and a sensitive eye, he paints the portrait of a young Bill Bradley, Princeton basketball ...

John McPhee, aged 92, is a writer’s writer. A father of literary non-fiction, he has tackled subjects as varied as fishing and oranges in his 32 books and 60 years writing articles for the New ...

In the final part of John McPhee’s 1971 classic, “Encounters with the Archdruid,” David Brower and Floyd Dominy raft the Grand Canyon together. Dominy, then commissioner of the Bureau of ...

One of my absolute personal favorite explorers is John McPhee, and his most recent book, “Tabula Rasa,” allows the reader a unique insight into the writer.

John McPhee, who turned 92 in March, would like to keep at it for a while — the writing, and the breathing. In his lively new collection, “Tabula Rasa,” the very longtime, very long-form journalist ...