Articles Reaching for tools to summon the Muse By Jacqui BanaszynskiConsider the tease of the writer’s muse. We wait and wait and wait for her to show up, and get more anxious about her absence as deadline nears.… March 28, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski 2023 Power of Narrative: The investigation and birth of a personal essay By Caren CheslerEssayist and poet Hillery Stone lost her 4-year-old dog not long ago. A door was opened. The dog ran out. Several people who tried to steer the dog… March 24, 2023 Caren Chesler Divining the “fantastical sea creatures” on the political horizon By Jacqui BanaszynskiYou don’t need insider access, aka paid subscriber status, to the news to overindulge in speculation about the possible indictment coming down from a Manhattan grand jury against… March 23, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski Pause before you hit the SEND button By Jacqui BanaszynskiI long ago abandoned the illusion that I could block spam from my inboxes, prevent hacks of my accounts or keep much of my private business private. Unless… March 21, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski The making of a (born) journalist By Don NelsonWhen we first meet Carl Bernstein (as portrayed by Dustin Hoffman) in the opening minutes of “All the President’s Men,” he’s a shambles. Shaggy hair, tieless, frayed shirt… March 17, 2023 Don Nelson A doc film that gently unspools surprises Filmmaker Eloisa Diez follows a trans man's journey to create a family of his own ~ and confronts her own storytelling stereotypes March 17, 2023 Line Vaaben Writing without words Ireturned from a recent three-day watercolor workshop with three marginal values’ studies in gray (trying to see and control the range of light-to-dark without being distracted by color), and a… March 14, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski ‘Good versus good’ stories that unravel complex societal problems By Carly SternFor Nathan Heller, Lowell High School had always represented the road not taken. Heller had applied to Lowell when he was a teenager growing up in San Francisco,… March 10, 2023 Carly Stern “…cutting the viewer to the bone.” By Trevor PyleIt would be easy for a writer to jumble himself into knots of frustration writing about Tom Sizemore, the incendiary “Saving Private Ryan” and “Strange Days” actor who… March 7, 2023 Trevor Pyle Reconstructing a fractured life and broken system L.A. Times reporter Thomas Curwen traced the life of one schizophrenia sufferer to tell a bigger story of society's challenges with mental health March 3, 2023 Chip Scanlan Previous 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 … 246 Next
