Calvin Trillin (born Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is perhaps known best for his writings about food and eating, but he has also written much serious journalism, comic verse, and several books of fiction. City nickname: City of Fountains, Heart of the Nation Location in the state of Missouri Country State County United States Missouri Cass/Clay/Jackson/Platte Mayor Kay Barnes Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 318 sq. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... A humorist is an author who specializes in short, humorous articles or essays. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ...

Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University, where he served as chairman of the Yale Daily News and became a member of Scroll and Key before graduating in 1957. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker in 1963. His reporting for The New Yorker on the racial integration of the University of Georgia was published in his first book, An Education in Georgia. He wrote the magazine's "U.S. Journal" series from 1967 to 1982, covering local events both serious and quirky throughout the United States. For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Yale Daily News. ... The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society that was established by John Addison Porter at Yale University in 1842. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted each year on the magazines anniversary. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Racial integration, or simply integration, in United States usage, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). ... The Arch, the gateway to UGAs historic North Campus. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He has also written for The Nation magazine, contributing a column titled "Uncivil Liberties" from 1978 to 1985 and comic verse, mostly on political topics, since 1990. The Nation is a weekly leftist periodical devoted to politics and culture. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Much of Trillin's nonfiction includes references to his life and family. The most autobiographical of his books is Messages from My Father. Non-fiction is a truthful account or representation of a subject which is composed of facts. ...

Trillin lives in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. Greenwich Village (also known as the West Village or simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...

Books

(Nonfiction unless otherwise noted)

• An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia (1964)
• Barnett Frummer is an Unbloomed Flower (short stories, 1969),
• U.S. Journal (1971)
• American Fried: Adventures of a Happy Eater (1974)
• Runestruck (novel, 1977)
• Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater (1978)
• Floater (novel, 1980)
• Uncivil Liberties (1982)
• Third Helpings (1983)
• Killings (1984)
• With All Disrespect (1985)
• If You Can't Say Something Nice (1987)
• Travels with Alice (1989)
• Enough's Enough (and Other Rules of Life) (1990)
• American Stories (1991)
• Remembering Denny (1993)
• Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist (comic verse with commentary, 1994)
• Tepper Isn't Going Out (novel, 2001)
• Feeding a Yen (2003)
• Obliviously on He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme (comic verse with commentary, 2004)

External Links

• Audio Interviews with Calvin Trillin - RealAudio