Author A writer’s tribute to Roger Angell: For the love of the reading journey "Sports Guy" author and politics blogger Charles P. Pierce with a reflection on legendary sportswriter and baseball fan Roger Angell June 3, 2022 Eternal pain, intractable politics and public detachment How much difference does three days make?Too much, at least when it comes to our gnat-like attention span. Three days is the time it takes for the public to shift… May 31, 2022 A documentary film breaks rules and wins an Oscar EDITOR’S NOTE: All time codes in this post correspond to the YouTube version of “The Queen of Basketball.” It’s also available, with an introduction by filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, on The… May 27, 2022 Lauren Hough goes on a hunt for Bonnie and Clyde and her Grandpa Chuck A celebrated memoirist returns to her native Texas on a quest to determine if her family stories were true May 25, 2022 Packing a punch in a few words If you want to see some creative short-form storytelling, you can skip right past Twitter and TikTok and head straight to the news. Newspapers, news sites, TV news — any… May 16, 2022 Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of “emotional truths” When I began reading Evan Allen’s powerful, critically acclaimed Boston Globe story about Anthony Pledger, all I could think about was Jimmie. Jimmie is a violent offender — a sanitized… May 13, 2022 A “story-keeping” project helps people heal In 2001, hospice nurse Dottie Kluttz started practicing “story medicine.” She’d sit with patients nearing the end of their lives, turn on an audio recorder and ask them questions about… May 12, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights A friend came to the house on a recent evening with all he needed in his grocery tote. He took over my kitchen and let me chatter as he made… May 11, 2022 Award season 2022 continued: The Pulitzer Prizes Stand-out journalism produced last year was honored in the release of the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes, celebrating the best of the craft and affirming the importance of serious, creative journalism in… May 10, 2022 Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children May 6, 2022 Previous 1 … 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 … 245 Next
