Nov 03, 2014 in jr moehringers marvelous 2005 memoir the tender bar, the local bar is alive, well, and treated with the nostalgia many reserve for their childhood homes or a favorite vacation spot. Jr moehringer s the tender bar we finished eating the turkey by 6. Moehringer s memoir, the tender bar, as a gift from someone who knew i was a reader of the underground writer charles bukowski 1920 1994 whose novels and poems deal with hard drinking in squalid flats, poverty, horseracing, and exploits with women. Moehringer is a former nieman fellow at harvard university. The new york times best seller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. After the brief exhilaration of a robbery at the shipyard, abetted by bess, willie and his cronies are caught and sentenced to probation, and thus begins a life on the outside of social respectability.
Guy adopts a bar and tells about it the new york times. When the voice disappeared, jr found new voices in the bar on the. Moehringer the tender bar pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. Moehringer, who won a pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, agreed to a q and a. The tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. The story moves along a strong, cohesive chronology, with each chapter descriptive of a formative person, element, or event in j. Moehringer born december 7, 1964 is an american novelist and journalist. Books by series coming soon new releases this months biggest new books. Like denfield, moehringer has reading comprehension problems, although thankfully not as severe. Born in new york city, moehringer was raised in manhasset, but returned to the city to embark on his journalism career as a news assistant for the new york times.
As a boy, jr would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to hear in that resonant voice the secrets of identity and masculinity. Moehringer completely misses vollmanns point that cold mountain is, much like shangrila, an unobtainable destination, although he does seem to understand. It was the voice of his father, a new york city disc jockey who vanished before j. During a visit to the new york state writers institute in 2005 he. Moehringer shares with host jams michael tyler, the moving story of a childhood spent in with a single mother and bar.
Moehringer was born in new york city and was raised by a single mother in manhasset, new york and, later, in scottsdale, arizona. Journalist and author of the tender bar 2005 and sutton 2012. Moehringer, a gifted reporter and the author of a wellregarded memoir, the tender bar, often establishes his novels atmosphere journalistically, through shorthand context and data. Moehringer is currently considered a single author. Moehringer captures in all its raunchy, often hilarious glory the conversations of these master storytellers, as intoxicated by words as by alcohol.
My book club devoured the tender bar like the thanksgiving feast at publicans. The whole american and english thing of mythologising pubs was brought memorably to the tv screen in the 1980s with the popular comedy cheers. Their saloon community later provided a retreat for the author following a disastrous collegiate love affair and failure as a new york times copyboy. It tells the tale of his dysfunctional family on long island. Moehringer interviewed on wnyc in september, talking about his childhood, growing up without a father and passing time in the bar down the road in manhasset, long island where his uncle worked. During a lifelong criminal career, sutton stole more than two million dollars and cashed in on the urban legend that he robbed banks because, thats where. Moehringer writes from the point of view of willie sutton, whom he calls the. The place is manhasset, a small commuter town on the western end of long island, the bar, publicans. Jr moehringer spent most of two years in las vegas, working with andre agassi on his autobiography open. Moehringer morning new appreciate white my father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents. Moehringer was born on december 7, 1964 in new york city, new york, usa as john joseph moehringer jr. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. This is a model of the solar system, as constructed by the soused denizens of.
In jr moehringer s marvelous 2005 memoir the tender bar, the local bar is alive, well, and treated with the nostalgia many reserve for their childhood homes or a favorite vacation spot. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. In 2012 he published sutton, a novel based on the life of bank robber willie sutton. The story opens on christmas eve, 1969, with suttons release from attica at age 68. Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
The tender bar moehringer, j r 9780340828830 amazon. Nyt bestselling and pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Jul 01, 2012 nyt bestselling and pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. Moehringer also depicts willie as a hopeless romantic who falls deeply in love with bess endner, daughter of a rich shipyard owner. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, willie sutton actually existed. Moehringer drove from denver, where he was based as a correspondent for the times, to new york to mourn and comfort old friends. He graduated from saguaro high school in scottsdale in 1982.
In 2000 he won the pulitzer prize for newspaper feature writing. John moehringer phone, address, background info whitepages. Pulitzer prize winner moehringer does not tell you a couple of things in his brief authors note about the facts behind this. Apr 25, 2008 my book club devoured the tender bar like the thanksgiving feast at publicans. Moehringer, author of sutton americas 1920s, bankrobbing robin hood in his first novel, j. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Moehringer s new memoir, the tender bar, centers on his youth in his hometown pub in manhasset, long island. Jr moehringer discusses his first big story as a journalist youtube. He won the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000. As ex new yorkers, mothers, and women the same age as j. He was the winner of the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, and a pulitzer finalist for feature writing in 1998 for his magazine piece resurrecting the champ, an article which was recently adapted for a film starring samuel l. Our most burning question asks how the book that was over 20 years in the making finally got written. He describes his cousins mother, charlene byrne, as she grieved.
Er wurde 1964 in new york geboren, er studierte in. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man and his romance with a bar. Born in new york city and raised in manhasset, new york, he is a former nati. Moehringer does for bank robber willie sutton in this fascinating biographical novel of americas most successful bank robber newsday. A grand old new york saloon, the bar was a sanctuary for all sorts of men cops and poets, actors and lawyers, gamblers and stumblebums. Moehringer lovingly and affectingly toasts a boyhood spent on a barstool. But more than anything else, moehringer s book is a homage to the culture of the local pub.
Moehringer s comingofage memoir is soft and tough, and so gorgeously written that even the primary setting of publicans, a raucous new york pub, is a piece of poetry. Moehringer shares with host jams michael tyler, the moving story of. Nov 04, 2012 moehringer, a gifted reporter and the author of a wellregarded memoir, the tender bar, often establishes his novels atmosphere journalistically, through shorthand context and data. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. New york times a straightup account of masculinity, maturity and memory that leaves a smile on the face and an ache in the heart. He is a writer, known for resurrecting the champ 2007, the tender bar and sutton. Jr moehringer is the teller of the tale and the main protagonist in this book which reads more like a sweeping epic than a memoir. Memories of the tender bar pulitzerprize winning journalist j. Synopsis jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. Jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. The new york times bestseller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for john moehringer. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the tender bar by j.
Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Oct 12, 2006 jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came of age at a time when banks were out of control. The book, slated for publication in fall 2015, will tell cranstons life story, including the six years he spent filming the tv series breaking bad, with insights into the craft of acting. This is a model of the solar system, as constructed by the soused denizens of a nowlegendary bar in manhasset, n.