Some might regard the premature death of their beloved wife to cancer with anger, or bitterness — but Calvin Trillin confronted the 2001 death of Alice Stewart Trillin with a typically Midwestern ...

Calvin Trillin collects many of his inimitable profiles and essays about journalism in “The Lede.” By Dwight Garner A history of forced population transfers sheds light on present conflicts. By Amanda ...

Calvin Trillin’s newest collection, “The Lede: Dispatches From a Life in the Press,” is a reminder that there is no one better working in journalism today — or, as Trillin likes to call it, in “the ...

In these 77 wide-ranging essays, selected from his syndicated column ``Uncivil Liberties'' and dating from 1987 to 1990, Trillin is clever and funny much more than half the time--a remarkably high ...

Not too long ago, I was introduced to an adolescent relative of a friend as "the guy who writes the movie reviews -- and other stuff -- for the newspaper." The exceedingly polite young man looked me ...

Calvin Trillin was the first speaker in the 25-year history of the Portland Arts & Lectures series. Such a milestone must have some special meaning for Trillin. "It means I'm very old," he said, ...

BROOKE GLADSTONE: This weekend the first gay marriages will be performed in New York State. And though gay marriage is legal in only a fraction of states, it's become a prominent symbol of a gay ...

Calvin Trillin talks about the 2012 presidential race on this Dialogue Extra. This Dialogue Extra takes a look at the 2012 presidential race with Calvin Trillian. Trillin laments the loss of ...

This year, Calvin Trillin added the Blue Ribbon Bakery Market as an additional stop to his annual “Come Hungry” tour. Watch below to learn how Blue Ribbon makes savory matzo crackers—which, according ...

This week in the magazine, Calvin Trillin writes about the eating pleasures to be had in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here, Trillin joins Lester and Sasha Weiss to talk about current food trends, what they look ...

As a longtime writer for The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin was less interested in directly explaining why what he was writing was important than in just telling a good story. Trillin offers his Brief but ...