Trillin, Calvin

A collection of poems for children that celebrates the humor of familiar everyday topics.

In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Over the next five decades of reporting, he often returned to scenes of racial tension. Now, for the first time, the best of Trillin?s pieces on race in America have been collected in one volume.

The author recounts the stories, wisdom, wit, and idiosyncrasies of his father, a Russian immigrant grocer.

The Trillin family travels include visiting places of song titles and unusual travel questions.

Calvin Trillin recounts his wife Alice's life, describing her career, beauty, influence on his life, and devastating death.