Whitfield Speaker 2012
Gene Weingarten - November 14, 2012
Gene Weingarten was Collegiate School's 2012 Whitfield English speaker, and he visited Collegiate and addressing the Upper School on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes a syndicated column and feature articles for The Washington Post. LinksGene's wikipedia page
His syndicated weekly humor column in The Washington Post Magazine, "Below the Beltway."
"Barney & Clyde" - the comic strip he co-writes with his son Dan (artwork by Dan Clark)
"How Do You Explain Gene Weingarten?" A Washingtonian Magazine profile
Gene Weingarten as drawn by Eric Shansby
Books
The Fiddler in the Subway - a collection of Gene's feature articles from The Post.
Old Dogs: Are The Best Dogs - A collection of poignant photographs of and essays about old dogs, created with photographer Michael S. Williamson.
I'm With Stupid - a humorous treatise on gender differences, co-written with Gina Barreca.
The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death - Gene deals with his own hypochondria and disease in general with his usual wit and humor.
Feature Stories (many of which appear in The Fiddler in the Subway)
"Pearls Before Breakfast" - The story that won Gene his first Pulitzer for feature writing. World-famous violinist Joshua Bell plays for change in the DC Metro. Does anyone notice?
"Fatal Distraction" - The second Pulitzer Prize winner. When a child dies after being accidentally left in a hot car, is it a crime?
"Fear Itself" - Gene rides the bus. In Jerusalem. During one of the most dangerous periods of suicide bombings in the city's history.
"Doonesbury's War" - Gene interviews notable recluse and Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip creator Garry Trudeau. He follows Trudeau as the brilliant satirist spends time with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and translates their experiences into a comic strip which transcends its genre.
"Snowbound" - Gene visits a remote Alaskan village on a lark and ends up finding a society steeped in tragedy.
"Why Not The Worst?" - Gene anoints Battle Mountain, Nevada, as the armpit of America.
"The Peekaboo Paradox" - A gifted children's entertainer struggles in his personal life. Of all of his work, this is Gene's favorite story.
"None of the Above" - Gene profiles one of those rare creatures in politics these days: the undecided voter (from 2004).
