Romenesko

Chicago Tribune
Kurt Andersen says "it was simply weird to go from 20 years of stick-to-the-facts ... to literally, the first six months I was writing fiction 10 years ago, when it was like I was on another planet. I thought, 'I can just make it up.' But then, of course, the great fear follows: 'I don't know what I'm doing.' It's a terrifying moment." Andersen has gone from reporter to editor and founder of a magazine to novelist and radio host. "What do you see yourself as?" asks Azam Ahmed. "If people ask me to I.D. myself, I say novelist and host of a successful national radio show that is not on in Chicago."