Author Turning a newspaper project into a book: Christopher Goffard on "You Will See Fire" We recently noticed that Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard had expanded a series he had done for the paper into the book “You Will See Fire.” We’ve talked with… February 24, 2012 Chris Jones on life and death in Zanesville Our latest Notable Narrative is “Animals,” Chris Jones’ account of the creatures set loose from a private menagerie last fall in Zanesville, Ohio.The Esquire story works in part because Jones… February 23, 2012 All the narrative edification you need: our 2012 conference roundup It’s time for our annual almost-spring listing of 2012 writing events and conferences. From California to Texas and Boston, there are options to work on your writing or storytelling skills… February 21, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 31: Susan Orlean maps obsession Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever” first ran in The New Yorker on January 23, 1995. It had a second life as a book, and a third as a movie, in which… February 17, 2012 What we're reading: kung-fu college, the new immortals, and life in isolation Reflections on Tiananmen Square 20 years on. A look at the use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons today. A father rolling through an infantile old age as part of… February 16, 2012 The essence of story, in a 358-word song When I was little, my mama worked the early shift at the seafood plant. She’d drop me off at my Aunt Janice’s house before dawn and they’d lay me down… February 14, 2012 Meg Kissinger on writing the tough stories Our February Editors’ Roundtable tackled “The law creates barriers to getting care for the mentally ill,” a story by Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Addressing the difficult question… February 8, 2012 February Editors’ Roundtable: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on patients’ rights Our February Roundtable looks at “Law creates barriers to getting care for mentally ill,” by Meg Kissinger. In her narrative, Kissinger touches on violence, mental health and 40 years of… February 7, 2012 Audio danger: NPR’s Kelly McEvers on trauma and the calculus of risk [The second installment in an ongoing series of posts by Julia Barton about audio narratives. –Ed.]The title of this series, “Audio danger,” is mostly tongue-in-cheek. But not in the case… February 3, 2012 Thomas Lake calls out Michael Jordan If character is destiny, you wouldn’t know it from reading our latest Notable Narrative. In “Did This Man Really Cut Michael Jordan?,” Thomas Lake introduces Clifton “Pop” Herring, the high… February 2, 2012 Previous 1 … 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 … 240 Next
