Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World (Google eBook)

Davy Rothbart

Simon and Schuster, Dec 1, 2009 - Fiction - 256 pages

Hey! My name is Davy. I make a magazine called Found. We publish notes & letters that folks find on the street.

I asked my favorite writers, musicians, artists & entertainers to tell me about the things they've found.

These are the stories they've shared.

What people are saying

Review: Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World

User Review  - Nick D. - Goodreads

It seems some people don't enjoy the essays within this book- i found them to be quite beneficial. It shows how others would translate what they had found & it makes you realize you would do the same ...

Review: Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World

User Review  - Shawna - Goodreads

This was a fascinating book. I especially liked the essay by Wire creator David Simon. More great stuff from the creators of Found magazine.

About the author

Davy Rothbart is the author of the national bestseller Found, and creator of the magazine of the same name. A contributor to public radio's This American Life, he is also the author of the story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World
• Author: Davy Rothbart
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2009
• ISBN: 1416566422, 9781416566427
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Social Science / Popular Culture