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Cristian Lupșa

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Cristian Lupșa, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, is editor of Decât o Revista

Storytelling moves from Taylor Swift

Storytelling moves from Taylor Swift

A forward-thinking journalist danced through 45,000 Fitbit steps, cried three times and came away with nine lessons that could make us better storytellers

Notes from a nonfiction writing workshop

From the mountains of Romania to storytellers everywhere: Sharing key lessons from a five-day immersion in craft
Narrative in a weekend conference, and the thank-you note that followed

Narrative in a weekend conference, and the thank-you note that followed

Power of Storytelling 2018, Bucharest, RomaniaBelow is a post offered on Facebook earlier this month as a thank you to speakers and attendees at the 8th Edition of the Power…
9 Rules for Creative Work from Chris Jones, Esquire Writer and National Magazine Award-winner

9 Rules for Creative Work from Chris Jones, Esquire Writer and National Magazine Award-winner

The Power of Storytelling international conference in Bucharest just concluded its fifth edition in October, and thanks to conference founder Cristian Lupsa, editor of the nonfiction journal Decât o Revistă and a 2014 Nieman fellow, and his…
Jacqui Banaszynski: The Importance of Place

Jacqui Banaszynski: The Importance of Place

The Power of Storytelling international conference in Bucharest just concluded its fifth edition this month, and thanks to conference founder Cristian Lupsa, editor of the nonfiction journal Decât o Revistă and a 2014 Nieman…
Carmen Bugan: Secret Police Records and The Language of Memory

Carmen Bugan: Secret Police Records and The Language of Memory

The Power of Storytelling international conference in Bucharest just concluded its fifth edition this month, and thanks to conference founder Cristian Lupsa, editor of the nonfiction journal Decât o Revistă and a 2014 Nieman…
Michael Paterniti: Projecting Stories

Michael Paterniti: Projecting Stories

The Power of Storytelling international conference in Bucharest just concluded its fifth edition this month, and thanks to conference founder Cristian Lupsa, editor of the nonfiction journal Decât o Revistă and a 2014 Nieman…
Leslie Jamison: The Possibilities of the Personal

Leslie Jamison: The Possibilities of the Personal

The author of The Empathy Exams on whether empathy can be taught and how personal experience and specificities can link to abstract inquiries

Annotation Tuesday! Chris Jones and “The Things That Carried Him”

This story was published in May 2008, five years into Chris Jones’s career at Esquire. Jones was 35 at the time, and he says it was probably the best time…

“Why’s this so good?” No. 44: Robert Kurson and the blind man

My love affair with narrative nonfiction was in its early stages when I first read Robert Kurson’s “Into the Light,” in the June 2005 edition of Esquire. I was mostly…