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William Finnegan is a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of works of international journalism. He has specially addressed issues of racism and conflict in Southern Africa and politics in Mexico and South America, as well as poverty among youth in the United States, and is well known for his writing on surfing. [1] Early years.
William Finnegan is a longtime contributor to The New Yorker and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He covers topics such as labor, war, environment, and surfing in various regions of the world.
Aug 14, 2015 · Near the end of Barbarian Days, William Finnegan’s luscious memoir about his life-long infatuation with surfing, the author describes a wave of huge power in which this tension becomes manifest.
May 25, 2015 · William Finnegan has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1987. His book “Barbarian Days” won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
Jul 21, 2015 · Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life.
Jul 13, 2015 · William Finnegan revisits his golden age of surfing and the classic search for the perfect wave.
Apr 26, 2016 · The journalist and author of Barbarian Days, a surf memoir that won the Pulitzer Prize for autobiography, talks about his passion, his craft, and his favorite breaks. Read his email interview with Outside magazine and learn how he bridged the divide between surfers and non-surfers.
