Articles Memoir's truthy obligations: a handy how-to guide How true does a memoir have to be? That question has been the basis of an ongoing debate kicked off by the revelation, five years ago, that much of James… July 28, 2011 Ben Yagoda, Dan DeLorenzo “Why’s this so good?” No. 5: Raymond Chandler sticks it to Hollywood We tend now to think of Hollywood’s hackneyed, would-be blockbusters as a new phenomenon, one borne of desperation, unprecedented cynicism and the rise of narrative television. But Raymond Chandler's wonderful… July 27, 2011 Maud Newton Old story, new media: David Dobbs brings family secrets to the Atavist We recently talked by Skype with David Dobbs about the mystery that began with his mother’s dying wish. Dobbs’ years of efforts to solve that mystery eventually became “My Mother’s… July 26, 2011 Andrea Pitzer Tidbits from this year's Mayborn Conference: how deep is too deep? Hanging out at orgies with people who smuggle lizards in their pants. Befriending a convict with an Anne Frank tattoo. Doing drugs with a source. You never know what you’ll… July 25, 2011 Andrea Pitzer Barry Bearak on vigilante murder: "I had to find out why this man was killed" Our latest Editors’ Roundtable looks at Barry Bearak's story “Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man,” from the New York Times. Bearak won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2001 coverage of… July 22, 2011 Andrea Pitzer July Editors’ Roundtable No. 2: The New York Times probes a murder in South Africa For the second Roundtable of July, our editors looked at “Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man” by Barry Bearak of the New York Times. Bearak has spent the last… July 21, 2011 Andrea Pitzer “Why’s this so good?” No. 4: W.C. Heinz on Air Lift, son of Bold Venture On a rainy afternoon in 1949, W.C. Heinz watched a beautiful young horse break its leg and then get shot in the head. And then he sat down and wrote… July 19, 2011 Chris Jones A narrative sketch from George Packer's "Interesting Times" In our latest Notable Narrative, “Iraqis Pass the Safety Test,” The New Yorker's George Packer draws an arc through three apparently unrelated points by doing little more than setting up… July 14, 2011 Andrea Pitzer "Why's this so good?" No. 3: André Aciman on the geography of longing Any piece about New York City has a heavyweight champion to contend with – E.B. White’s “Here Is New York” – but André Aciman’s “Shadow Cities” comes out swinging. “On… July 12, 2011 Radhika Jones The implications of plot lines in illness and memoir Narrative therapy uses a client’s life story to shine a spotlight on how he understands his experience. The concept of an “illness narrative” emerged not in a literary context but over… July 11, 2011 Victoria Costello Previous 1 … 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 … 247 Next
