Floating Off the Page The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Column"
, by Wells, Ken; Lewis, Michael- ISBN: 9780743226646 | 074322664X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/2/2003
On any given day, millions ofWall Street Journalreaders put aside the serious business and economic news of the day to focus first on the paper's middle column (a.k.a. the A-hed), a virtual sound-bubble for light literary fare -- a short story, a tall tale, an old yarn, a series of vignettes, and other unexpected delights that seem to "float off the page." In this first-ever compendium of middle-column pieces, you'll find an eclectic selection of writings, from the outlandish to the oddly enlightening. Read about: one man's attempt to translate the Bible into Klingon sheep orthodontics, pet-freezing, and toad-smoking being hip in Cairo, modeling at auto shows, piano-throwing the fate of mail destined for the World Trade Center after 9/11 the plight of oiled otters in Prince William Sound...and much, much more. Edited by 20-yearJournalveteran Ken Wells, and with a foreword byLiar's Pokerauthor Michael Lewis,Floating Off the Pageis the perfect elixir for fans of innovative prose in all its forms and function.