Walter Kirn

Novelist Walter Kirn on Travel

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Kurt Andersen and novelist Walter Kirn talk about the artistic inspirations and outcomes of travel. Kirn is the author of Up in the Air, a satire about a business traveler whose ambition is to earn his millionth frequent flyer mile. He is also the literary editor for GQ and a contributing editor to Time and […]

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A Novelist’s Take on the Arizona Tragedy

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Up in the Air

The World

Up In The Air

Arts, Culture & Media

A Novelist’s Take on the Arizona Tragedy

As events unfolded in Arizona this week, novelist Walter Kirn turned to Twitter to express what he was seeing and feeling. Kirn tells Kurt how Jared Loughner resembles a character he created for his novel, The Unbinding, and how he fears that our digital world is breeding characters who are similarly unhinged from reality.

A Novelist’s Take on the Arizona Tragedy

As events unfolded in Arizona this week, novelist Walter Kirn turned to Twitter to express what he was seeing and feeling. Kirn tells Kurt how Jared Loughner resembles a character he created for his novel, The Unbinding, and how he fears that our digital world is breeding characters who are similarly unhinged from reality.