My Last Eight Thousand Days

As a journalist, Gutkind has covered such varied topics as baseball, mental illness, motorcycle enthusiasts, and robots and artificial intelligence. As founding editor of Creative Nonfiction, he played a crucial role in establishing literary, narrative nonfiction in the marketplace and the academy. In this memoir, he discusses his life as a journalist, editor, husband, father, and Pittsburgh native, framing his stories with his reflections on aging.