nearly autistic command of minor details and facts" and "achieves the glorious breadth and detail of a mural painter." Contrary to most critics, Hannahan preferred Samuels' book The Runner to his collected journalism in Only Love Can Break Your Heart, calling the book "terse, passionate and complicated," while criticizing Samuels' political writing for "a creepy lack of bias." Works Books Only Love Can Break Your Heart (2008) The Runner: A True Account of the Amazing Lies and Fantastical Adventures of the Ivy League Impostor James Hogue (2008), Anthologies The Best American Music Writing, 2000 The Best American Political Writing, 2004 The Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2006 References External links http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080714/palattella http://harpers.org/subjects/DavidSamuels/WriterOf/Article http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/by/david_samuels http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=%22David%20Samuels%22&sort=publishDate%20desc,%20score%20desc&queryType=nonparsed http://llnw.wbez.org/AfternoonShift_20120425_Kanye2.mp3 http://www.thenewjournalatyale.com/2012/09/a-conversation-with-david-samuels/ http://longform.org/2012/10/31/longform-podcast-david-samuels/ http://grantland.com/the-triangle/grantland-sports-podcast-david-samuels-on-the-gracie-jiu-jitsu-dynasty/ American non-fiction writers 1967 births Living people The Harvard Lampoon alumni