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Chris Jones

@MySecondEmpire

Chris Jones is a writer at large for Esquire and a contributor to Grantland.

"Why's This So Good?" No. 104: Michael Brick and an ordinary legal dispute

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 104: Michael Brick and an ordinary legal dispute

This is the third of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer who…
May 24, 2016

Storytelling is magic

Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, Romania’s Decât o Revistă magazine attracted a crowd of writers, editors, photographers and designers to its third annual “Power of Storytelling” conference, in Bucharest. The conference,…
October 22, 2013
"Why’s this so good?" No. 4: W.C. Heinz on Air Lift, son of Bold Venture

"Why’s this so good?" No. 4: W.C. Heinz on Air Lift, son of Bold Venture

On a rainy afternoon in 1949, W.C. Heinz watched a beautiful young horse break its leg and then get shot in the head. And then he sat down and wrote…
July 19, 2011