“They have to do everything the men did, except backwards and with ideals.”

Amanda Hess, New York Times Critic's Notebook June 12, 2018

By Jacqui Banaszynski • June 20, 2018

Feeding the world – and feeling despair

A former farmer turns to writing to uncover the global crisis of farmer suicides – and plants the seeds of a response

By Julia Shipley • June 11, 2018

The Pitch: At the Guardian’s Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits

The editor's advice: Study what's been published before. Be authoritative, fresh and "arresting." Dare to send a (good) cold pitch

By Katia Savchuk • June 5, 2018

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Five immersive photographers share their experiences on gaining trust

By John Happel

April 19, 2018

How do they gain access to private, and often painful, lives? “Consider what you’re asking of people. Sometimes it just takes time and patience.”

“sweet spring is your time is my time is our time for springtime is lovetime and viva sweet love”

By Kari Howard

April 18, 2018

Why is it great? You know how it seems like spring will never arrive, you wait and you wait, and it’s dreary and cold, and then suddenly, in one day, it seems to arrive? In … Read more

The Pitch: The story ideas Mother Jones’ managing editor wants to see

By Katia Savchuk

April 17, 2018

The magazine is known for its hard-hitting investigations, but Ian Gordon says, “We write so much about bad actors that we're always looking for people to bring some levity to leaven the mix"

“London is a very dangerous subject for a writer, because it will always betray you”

By Kari Howard

April 13, 2018

A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

It came from the sewers of London: the utterly disgusting (yet fascinating) fatberg

By Joanna Scutts

April 12, 2018

In The New York Times Magazine's quirky "Letter of Recommendation" column, Nicola Twilley examines the charms of a monstrous subterranean clot formed by the detritus of a genteel city

“The Sun specializes in short items unlikely to tax the mental capacities of its target audience: one-paragraph news articles, one-sentence paragraphs, one-word sentences.”

By Kari Howard

April 11, 2018

Why is it great? Well, first of all, it comes from the great Sarah Lyall, who was the longtime London correspondent for The New York Times. She has such a wonderful voice: charming, funny, intimate. Read more

Digital Storytelling

Sharing a cup of tea with London blogger “The Gentle Author”

By Kari Howard

April 10, 2018

The writer behind the popular Spitalfields Life blog talks about intimacy, forming a community and a deep love for the East End

Narrative News

Point of view: a powerful narrative tool

By Kari Howard

April 6, 2018

A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Story Craft

The New Yorker’s “Lost Giant of American Literature” and the prism of race

By Ebonye Gussine Wilkins

April 5, 2018

In both the first novel by William Melvin Kelley and recent article by Kathryn Schulz, the story of blacks is told by whites

One Great Sentence

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”

By Kari Howard

April 4, 2018

Why is it so great? When I was looking for a One Great Sentence dealing with immigration, I was struck by the differences between America’s two presidents named Roosevelt. In the one above, FDR reminds … Read more