Articles “She’s just telling what’s real out there that she sees.” —Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on discovering Eudora Welty July 11, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” —First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America July 4, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Shadows cast on the love of a game How the profile of a sweet sport led to news scoops and a dark mystery, and how the mystery drove a narrative July 3, 2018 Greg Bowers “You can’t hit or write your way out of a shadow.” —Rob Hiassen, editor at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland June 29, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Learning to see beyond first sight Editor’s note: We are trying out a new feature. Call it writing practice (with a nod to Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones,” where I first encountered the term). Or… June 28, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski “They have to do everything the men did, except backwards and with ideals.” —Amanda Hess, New York Times Critic's Notebook June 12, 2018 June 20, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Feeding the world – and feeling despair A former farmer turns to writing to uncover the global crisis of farmer suicides – and plants the seeds of a response June 12, 2018 Julia Shipley “A singing bagpipe joined the wind in the pines.” —Former Oregonian outdoor columnist Bill Monroe June 11, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Beyond Boko Haram: Pictures from Nigeria Photojournalist Rahima Gambo invited schoolgirls to collaborate with her to create images reflecting intimate moments of joy and playfulness that challenge our perceptions of victimhood and war June 7, 2018 Laura Beltrán Villamizar “…you can’t write about this stuff and be boring. That would be a sin against God.” —Award-winning novelist, feminist and activist Dorothy Allison June 6, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Previous 1 … 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 … 242 Next
