Author Nell Lake The Bread of Life This is a lyrical short memoir that manages to be touching without being overly sentimental. We found the mix of direct scene and reflection effective.We offer one suggestion. Imagine what… September 17, 2006 I Saw It All. Then I Saw Nothing. We admired the plainness of this story’s language. It is as if the horror of the event stripped Henninger’s voice of all pretense. He gives a blow-by-blow account, with summation… September 17, 2006 Free Wheelin’ This short piece entertains while providing an appropriately complex portrayal of a man who has suffered but whose spirit, or will anyway, seems irrepressible. We particularly liked the opening line… September 17, 2006 Steve Miller Ate a Scone, Sheila Moody Did Paperwork, Edmund Glazer Boarded a Plane We first read this reconstruction during the year following the 9/11 attacks. We found it difficult to read for its level of detail, its emotional content. Rereading it, we admire… September 17, 2006 Looking Out for Roberta We liked the topic of this narrative, and we appreciated Laughlin’s clarity in laying out its themes. Through a narrative approach, she reveals the cultural and legal ramifications of Sophia… September 17, 2006 Remember His Name Smith writes in a folksy, manly voice—as if he were saying, “gather round, boys, and I’ll tell you a story about daring, heroism and doing the right thing, even when… September 17, 2006 Reliving the Morning of Death This narrative succeeds because of the clarity with which it sequences events and because of its evocative detail. Its wrenching emotional content springs from such detail: the mother’s instructions for… September 17, 2006 The Eye of the Storm This narrative of horror and escape is plainly and clearly told. Published the day after the 9/11 attacks on New York, it must have helped readers begin to hold the… September 17, 2006 Fighting for Life 50 Floors Up, With One Tool and Ingenuity The efficiency of this piece is remarkable. We thought the use of time and floor numbers a tight and evocative way of both structuring the piece and crystallizing a chaotic… September 17, 2006 At a Ground Zero Hotel, Room for Miracles This piece mixes humor and gravity in telling the story of a man who narrowly escaped from the Marriott World Trade Center, a hotel that collapsed when the Twin Towers… September 17, 2006 Previous 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 … 27 Next
