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Esquire Classic: Mark Zwonitzer on the making of “What It Takes”

“What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s exhaustive account of the 1988 presidential election, took so long to report and write—six years in all—that it wasn’t published until the 1992 election.…
Dale Russakoff: “How do you write a book without a hero?”

Dale Russakoff: “How do you write a book without a hero?”

Dale Russakoff spent 28 years as a reporter for The Washington Post before writing her first book, “The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?” Russakoff, who took a buyout…
Annotation Tuesday! Matt Negrin and "Silence in the Favela"

Annotation Tuesday! Matt Negrin and “Silence in the Favela”

Matt Negrin writes politics, not sports. Just 29, the Bloomberg Politics reporter’s first job after college was live-blogging about President Obama for Politico, and he’s also written for ABC’s World News. Two years…

From Esquire Classic: Bill Zehme and Johnny Carson’s last interview ever

How one writer got an iconic talk show host to step out of his self-imposed media exile
From Esquire Classic: Mark Warren on “The End of War” for C.J. Chivers

From Esquire Classic: Mark Warren on “The End of War” for C.J. Chivers

C.J. Chivers, widely regarded as a superman of war coverage, covered conflicts for The New York Times and Esquire for 14 years. In “The End of War,” Mark Warren explains what…
Joshua Hammer: “I’ve never been in this kind of hot zone before”

Joshua Hammer: “I’ve never been in this kind of hot zone before”

Joshua Hammer started his foreign correspondent’s life as a rotating bureau chief for Newsweek from 1992 to 2006. He’s now a contributing editor to Smithsonian and Outside magazines, and contributes…
Annotation Tuesday! Elizabeth Weil and "What Really Happened to Baby Johan?"

Annotation Tuesday! Elizabeth Weil and “What Really Happened to Baby Johan?”

Elizabeth Weil had never written about criminal justice, but when asked to write about a controversial case of whether a baby was killed by his father, she produced the gripping “What…
Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

The novelist/essayist/photographer on how he blended his diverse interests and influences into a compelling essay on his own photography

From Esquire Classic: Looking at John Sack’s “M”

John Sack is an integral part of Esquire lore. This was the guy who sneaked aboard an American landing ship during the Korean War to interview Chinese POWs; the guy…

Notable Narrative: Ken Armstrong, T. Christian Miller and “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”

Two reporters working for different organizations combined to create a better story