Author “NOVEMBER, noun. The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.” Why is it great? I’ve never read Bierce’s satirical dictionary, but after coming across this sentence, it’s on the list. With just a few words, he conjures up the dreariness… November 29, 2017 Matthew Pearl and “Into the Shadows” (Filed under: You can’t make this stuff up) The historical novelist talks about his Boston Globe Magazine yarn and how he answered the question, "Who were America's first detectives?" November 28, 2017 Reporter Tom French and “the three most beautiful words in the English language: What happens next?” In a remarkable speech at the recent Power of Storytelling gathering in Romania, the Pulitzer-winning writer is true to the conference's name November 16, 2017 “Before the aurora borealis appears, the sensitive needles of compasses all over the world are restless for hours, agitating on their pins in airplanes and ships, trembling in desk drawers, in attics, in boxes on shelves.” Why is it great? I admire the way Dillard turns a piece of natural science into a narrative of anticipation during which no human being makes an entrance. The aurora… November 15, 2017 How to get the attention of a senior editor at Smithsonian Magazine Jennie Rothenberg Gritz says of story pitches she accepts: "There has to be something surprising and narratively interesting there." November 14, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Holly Gleason and “Woman Walk the Line: How the Women of Country Music Changed Our Lives” The editor of the new anthology talks about the joys of being subversive and using country music to talk about female empowerment November 9, 2017 “Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.” Why is it great? Take a look at the publication date: 1792. That’s more than two centuries ago, and two things are remarkable about this fact. 1) That Wollstonecraft, the… November 8, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Patsy Sims and “The Stories We Tell: Classic True Tales by America’s Greatest Women Journalists” The anthology, which includes Joan Didion and Lillian Ross, puts a deserved spotlight on female writers (and perhaps will give Gay Talese a few ideas when he's next asked about… November 7, 2017 For Halloween week, supernatural podcasts and the haunting of Joan Didion A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure November 3, 2017 The Joan Didion documentary: a nephew’s loving portrait of “a cool customer” The Netflix film is touching but not sentimental, revealing her ability to be a seemingly dispassionate observer -- as a reporter and also a grieving widow November 2, 2017 Previous 1 … 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 … 240 Next
