Talk:Calvin Trillin

Removing self-reference

I'm removing the Wikipedia reference from this article, as it's self-referential:

In an interview with the Akron Beacon Journal, Trillin disputed an inaccuracy in his Wikipedia article. The article originally stated that read comic books and implied such while appearing on The Daily Show. He said he had no time for comic books, and lamented that his work has suffered since the death of his wife, who used to edit his drafts.[1]

--Calton | Talk 04:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Serious journalism

The article seems to contrast "writings about food and eating" with "serious journalism". Is "serious journalism" a standard expression, and accepted to exclude writings about foot and eating? Because if not, that could be taken as offensive … —Ruakh_TALK 15:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I believe the term Mr. Trillin himself uses is “grown-up,” to contrast his articles intended to be humorous with those that aren't. So I find it hard to take the claim of offensiveness seriously.

—FlashSheridan 17:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't mean so much that Mr. Trillin might be offended, as that other food critics might be; after all, I'm sure there are food critics who take their jobs seriously. Or am I missing something? I notice that you talk about "humorous" articles vs. not; are his writings about food and eating supposed to be humorous? Because if so, that should be mentioned here, as it's not currently made clear. —Ruakh_TALK 17:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Good point; noted. I think they're funny, and Mr Trillin says they're intended to be, and I think it's clear that the fuzzy category of his non-grown-up, largely food- & family-related autobiographical writings are his most important. But the boundaries are admittedly fuzzy, and the prominence of the initial statement in the article does make this unavoidably a judgement call.

—FlashSheridan 18:19, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Religion

Why does the article fail to mention that Trillin is Jewish?Abenr (talk) 03:11, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Maybe you missed that, or it was added after you read it. It is stated once and alluded to once.

Is that a type of identity politic you would like to inject?

Are others concerned that his ethnicity is not described?

Has his sexual identity shifted over time? -MarkM 98.156.100.86 (talk) 17:18, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Not sure, just added it. 98.242.72.87 (talk) 15:04, 24 September 2022 (UTC)