Articles Waiting for Death, Alone and Unafraid “Waiting for Death, Alone and Unafraid,” paints a portrait of Dr. Edwin Shneidman, a 90-year-old suicide prevention expert who longs to die. A single day provides an elegant frame for… April 3, 2009 Constance Hale Frozen in indifference: Life goes on around body found in vacant warehouse In this month’s Notable Narrative, a dead body lies abandoned in a dilapidated warehouse on Detroit’s west side. A description of the body “suspended in the ice like a porpoising… March 18, 2009 Constance Hale The Collar and the Gun The life and death of an American Catholic in Africa provides the subject for this month’s Notable Narrative, “The Collar and the Gun.” The three-part serial draws out narrative details… March 6, 2009 Constance Hale Fixing Mr. Fix-it “Fixing Mr. Fix-it,” this month’s Notable Narrative, tells the story of inadvertent amputation, its medical reversal, and the efforts of Norm Martin—“Mr. Fix-it”’—to recover and resume his life. Author Diane… February 6, 2009 Constance Hale Hidden Hurt This month’s Notable Narrative, “Hidden Hurt,” from The Washington Post Magazine, addresses poverty, the plight of the uninsured, and the long-term health effects of mining—all by covering one weekend at… January 9, 2009 Constance Hale The Revolution Is A reporter sets out to see the Cuban countryside on the 50th anniversary of the revolution, tracing the path between the rebels’ landing point in the south and their final… January 1, 2009 Constance Hale From Silver Lake to Suicide Some powerful narratives emerge entirely from the storyteller’s unique proximity to history. “From Silver Lake to Suicide: One Family’s Secret History of the Jonestown Massacre” derives its power and structure… December 19, 2008 Constance Hale The Girl in the Window “The Girl in the Window” is the story of Dani, a child so removed from normal human community she has been labeled “feral.” In this St. Petersburg Times piece, Lane… November 7, 2008 Constance Hale Electoral Projections Done Right FiveThirtyEight.com earns the distinction of being the first blog selected as a Notable Narrative. In his posts, former economic analyst and baseball-stats wunderkind Nate Silver explains the presidential race, using… October 3, 2008 Constance Hale Ramadi Nights In “Ramadi Nights,” author Neil Shea offers up nocturnal desert patrols, pre-dawn home raids, and the dislocated daydreams of servicemen he meets while embedded in the Iraqi province of Al… September 5, 2008 Constance Hale Previous 1 … 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 … 246 Next
