The Philadelphia Reader

by Huber, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781592134618
• ISBN10: 1592134610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-28
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Summary

The Philadelphia Reader contains over two dozen profiles by the writers of Philadelphia magazine-and sometimes by the subjects themselves-of the famous, infamous, and nearly famous local personalities from the last quarter century. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword By Buzz Bissinger	vi
Introduction	ix
PART ONE: 1988 TO 1994	2	(78)
Mrs. Nose Builds Her Dream Closet
Sandra Newman
By Lisa DePaulo	3	(16)
The Transmogrification of Arlen Specter
By Alicia Mundy	19	(12)
Presumed Innocent
Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Devin Leonard	31	(12)
My Philadelphia Story: W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Interview
By Roxanne Patel	43	(2)
Bobby Simone's Last 1,000 Martinis
By Lisa DePaulo	45	(17)
"How Many Ed Rendells Are There?"
By Lisa DePaulo	62	(18)
PART TWO: 1995 TO 1999	80	(104)
End of the Line
Robert Montgomery Scott
By Mark Kram Jr.	81	(9)
The Unloved
Mike Schmidt
By Larry Platt	90	(9)
A Proper Distance
Anne d'Harnoncourt
By Amy Donohue	99	(9)
My Philadelphia Story: Judy Wicks Interview
By Benjamin Wallace	108	(2)
Roberts Rules
Brian Roberts
By Larry Platt	110	(9)
Murder, He Sculpted
Frank Bender
By Sabrina Rubin Erdely	119	(8)
Who's Afraid of Richard Glanton?
By Mark Cohen	127	(15)
My Philadelphia Story: Judith Rodin Interview
By Sabrina Rubin Erdely	142	(2)
The Trouble with Harry
Harry Jay Katz
By Stephen Rodrick	144	(17)
Richard Sprague Knows Everything
By Buzz Bissinger	161	(10)
Shut Up, You Wimps, and Pull
Mike Teti
By Christopher McDougall	171	(10)
My Philadelphia Story: Terry Gross Interview
By Robert Huber	181	(3)
PART THREE: 2000 TO 2004	184
Second Coming
Mayor John Street
By Christopher McDougall	185	(9)
Night Moves
M. Night Shyamalan
By Maximillian Potter	194	(9)
Vernon the Barbarian
Vernon Hill
By Larry Platt	203	(9)
My Philadelphia Story: Smarty Jones Interview
By Benjamin Wallace	212	(2)
The Prodigy and the Playmate
Mark Yagalla
By Benjamin Wallace	214	(14)
Soul Reviver
Kenny Gamble
By Elizabeth Gold	228	(10)
Julius Erving Doesn't Want to Be a Hero Anymore
By Robert Huber	238	(12)
My Philadelphia Story: Patti LaBelle Interview
By Sandy Hingston	250	(2)
Boo-Boos in Paradise
David Brooks
By Sasha Issenberg	252	(7)
Did Dr. Norwood Go Too Far?
Dr. William Norwood
By Jason Fagone	259	(13)
Would You Throw Your Bra at This Kid?
Lang Lang
By Christopher McDougall	272