Author John McPhee will do a reading in support of the Stony Brook Millstone-Watershed Association at Princeton Public Library on Thursday, March 31 at 6 p.m.
The renowned writer, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for “Annals of the Former World” in 1999, was raised in Princeton and graduated from Princeton University. As a non-fiction writing instructor at the University, he has taught generations of aspiring undergraduate writers, many of whom have achieved distinction in literature and journalism.
McPhee has been a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine since 1965. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, McPhee has receivedmany literary honors, including the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
His subjects, reflecting his personal interests, are highly eclectic. He has written pieces on lifting body development (“The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed”), the United States Merchant Marine (“Looking for a Ship”), farmers' markets (“Giving Good Weight”), the shifting flow of the Mississippi River (“The Control of Nature”), geology (in several books), as well as a short book entirely on the subject of oranges. One of his most widely read books, “Coming into the Country,” is about the Alaska wilderness. His most recent book, “Uncommon Carriers,” is about freight transportation.
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