My first college newspaper book review

I wrote for the Pitt News during my junior and senior years (1973-1975). My first article was a review of Thomas McGuane’s NInety-Two in the Shade on September 21, 1973. My memories of the book are more positive than the review was and I recommend it and McGuane’s work in general.

I saw McGuane in person in a bookstore in Washington, DC in 1989 when he was signing his current book Keep the Change.

Here’s my recollection of our conversation as he signed Ninety-Two in the Shade:

Me: This was the first book I reviewed for my college paper.

McGuane: That makes me feel old.

Me: Me, too.