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The narrative journalist details the upside of rejection, the importance of timing, the value of a good agent and the reality of advances

By Jacqui BanaszynskiAccording to the adage, people don’t regret the things they did in life — only those they didn’t.I don’t buy it — anymore than I buy the assurance…

The Guardian again bets on elegant design, elegant writing and a print publication to showcase the best of in-depth nonfiction journalism

Author and journalism teacher Mallary Tenore Tarpley uses Post-its and origami paper to outline her reported memoir on eating disorders

—Charles P. Pierce (paraphrased) on college basketball coach Bobby Knight

In frenzied times and a strained news economy, editors are often the first to be cut — just when they are needed more than ever

—David Grann in his nonfiction book "Killers of the Flower Moon"

By Jacqui BanaszynskiJet lag clawed at me for days after getting home from writing workshops in Romania. My return flights involved cancellations, delays, the demand to check a bag I…

From the mountains of Romania to storytellers everywhere: Sharing key lessons from a five-day immersion in craft

A friend and former colleague analyzes the grace in a meditation by Ann Finkbeiner about the passing of seasons and years