Author “Why’s this so good?” No. 18: Brady Dennis goes short A few years ago, a bunch of us were sitting around the front porch of this crumpled old resort in the Catskills, knocking back drinks and talking shop. I can’t… November 1, 2011 Jessica Pressler on New York, “millennium girls” and the love story that wasn't This week's Editors' Roundtable dives into Jessica Pressler’s story “A Holly Golightly for the Stripper-Embezzlement Age,” from New York magazine. A contributing editor and blogger for New York since 2007, Pressler… October 28, 2011 October Editors’ Roundtable No. 2: New York magazine updates an archetype Our second October Rountable looks at “A Holly Golightly for the Stripper-Embezzlement Age,” by Jessica Pressler. Pressler introduces readers to former stripper Diane Passage, and a world in which a… October 27, 2011 "Why’s this so good?" No. 17: Meyer Berger delivers on deadline The Pulitzer Prize for breaking news tends to go to a massive team effort, often one in which a dozen or more reporters feed material to one, two or even… October 25, 2011 Michael Paterniti spins a fairy tale of loss and survival Our latest Notable Narrative, “The Man Who Sailed His House,” tells the story of Hiromitsu Shinkawa, who was found floating alone on the roof of his home in the days… October 21, 2011 Jack Hart on “Storycraft” and narrative nonfiction as an American literary form A soup-to-nuts look at narrative nonfiction, Jack Hart’s “Storycraft” breaks down different approaches to telling true stories and the components that make or break them. In writing the book, Hart… October 20, 2011 “Why’s this so good?" No. 16: David Foster Wallace on the vagaries of cruising For seven days and seven nights in mid-March of 1995, David Foster Wallace took a cruise. He did not have a very good time. The results of the voyage are… October 18, 2011 Amy Harmon on getting readers “to think about the limits of their own tolerance” Our latest Editors’ Roundtable looks at “Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World.” Amy Harmon's story follows Justin Canha, an autistic man in his early 20s, and the… October 14, 2011 October Editors’ Roundtable No. 1: The New York Times on autism and adulthood Our first October Rountable looks at “Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World,” by Amy Harmon. Harmon tells the story of Justin Canha, a 21-year-old illustrator hoping to… October 14, 2011 “Why’s this so good?” No. 15: Michael Lewis’ Greek odyssey Last October, with the Greek bond crisis emerging as a danger to the European economy, Michael Lewis wrote a piece for Vanity Fair about an order of monks accused of… October 11, 2011 Previous 1 … 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 … 245 Next
