Author This American Afterlife: Aaron Mahnke and the spooky podcast (and TV show) “Lore” The creator of the hugely popular true-life scary stories talks about his love for the supernatural and getting listeners to follow him down dark tunnels October 31, 2017 “Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that’s on its mind and can’t make itself understood, and so can’t rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.” —Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" October 30, 2017 Nikole Hannah-Jones on reporting about racial inequality: “What drives me is rage” At the Power of Storytelling conference, the writer talks about Charlottesville and entrenched racism that reaches back 400 years in America October 26, 2017 “Along with these tots and second-honeymooners, there were Harvard freshmen … “ —John Updike, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu," The New Yorker, October 22, 1960. October 25, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Ted Genoways and his year-long embed on a family farm In the book "This Blessed Earth," the writer and his wife, photographer Mary Anne Andrei, give voice to the Americans who provide the food we eat October 19, 2017 “There was a kind of autumnal stain in the air that reminded me of the smell of leather work gloves, a high-school locker room at homecoming, the inside of an ancient canvas tent.” —Michael Chabon, "Wonder Boys" October 18, 2017 Journalist Dena Takruri on being millennial, Arab American and a woman on camera The presenter for Al Jazeera digital video news outlet AJ+ says her background makes her determined to give voice to the voiceless October 17, 2017 5(ish) Questions: “Bodega Stories” creator talks about her love for the corner store As a Silicon Valley startup outrages Latinos and others with its automated "bodega," journalist Amaris Castillo speaks up for the human connection October 12, 2017 “The private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive …” —John Hersey, "Hiroshima" October 11, 2017 Jason Fagone on Landing “The Willy Wonka of Pot” in Grantland As we launch a series about the mystical art of pitching longform stories, the longtime freelancer does the coolest thing: He annotates one of his own October 10, 2017 Previous 1 … 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 … 240 Next
