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Celibates and e.e. cummings and "Creep" -- a weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Celibates and e.e. cummings and “Creep” — a weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
June 24, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

“Why’s This So Good?” Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

This is the ninth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer who…
June 23, 2016

Annotation Tuesday: The shadowy world of “involuntary celibates”

Elliot Rodger, 22, who went on a deadly rampage near a California university, was an “involuntary celibate.” Most in the “incel” culture disavowed his actions. Writer Peter C. Baker’s recent…
June 21, 2016
Bowie and Thoreau -- now there's a pair to draw to

Bowie and Thoreau — now there’s a pair to draw to

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
June 17, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Tom Junod on Michael Brick and New York Five Years After 9/11

“Why’s This So Good?” Tom Junod on Michael Brick and New York Five Years After 9/11

This is the eighth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer…
June 16, 2016

Please: No dancing on the grave of beautiful storytelling (It’s not dead and never will be)

“The best way to tell stories in this world, where so much information is coming at us, actually is video. It conveys so much more information in a much quicker…
June 15, 2016

“Why’s This So Good?” New York Magazine on “One Block” in fast-changing Brooklyn

In this inviting multimedia story, the hyperlink represents a human connection
June 13, 2016
Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

When I was the Column One editor at the L.A. Times, I used to do a weekly note to readers that really made me feel connected to them. I met…
June 10, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" No. 106: Michael Brick and Ministers in Busted Boomtowns

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 106: Michael Brick and Ministers in Busted Boomtowns

This is the seventh of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer who…
June 9, 2016
Ezra Edelman: "The job of an interviewer is to prompt people to go to a place they didn't even realize they were prepared to go to"

Ezra Edelman: “The job of an interviewer is to prompt people to go to a place they didn’t even realize they were prepared to go to”

Forty-six minutes into Episode 4 of Ezra Edelman’s epic documentary “O.J. Simpson: Made in America,” the director squares off with Barry Scheck, the defense attorney who discredited–or, at the very…
June 7, 2016