Notable Narratives

Death by salt: Texas Monthly opens a case

Death by salt: Texas Monthly opens a case

In our latest Notable Narrative, “Hannah and Andrew,” Pamela Colloff recounts the story of a child and his adoptive mother, who was convicted of killing him by forcing him to…
January 19, 2012
Andrea Pitzer

The Tampa Bay Times unearths a tale of grief and justice denied

Our latest Notable Narrative, “Spectacle: the lynching of Claude Neal,” comes from Ben Montgomery of the Tampa Bay Times.Montgomery reports that Neal, a 23-year-old African-American farmhand, was arrested in 1934…
January 5, 2012
Andrea Pitzer

Elegy for an enforcer

If you’ve been on the New York Times’ website at all this week, or even the Internet, chances are you’ve seen or heard something about our latest Notable Narrative, “Punched…
December 8, 2011
Andrea Pitzer

South Dakota to Moscow: Jocelyn Noveck profiles one American’s historic leap

This week, we’ve selected “From Rapid City to the Bolshoi in Moscow, American Dancer Takes Leap into Ballet” as our latest Notable Narrative. Telling the story of rising ballet star…
November 10, 2011
Andrea Pitzer

Michael Paterniti spins a fairy tale of loss and survival

Our latest Notable Narrative, “The Man Who Sailed His House,” tells the story of Hiromitsu Shinkawa, who was found floating alone on the roof of his home in the days…
October 21, 2011
Andrea Pitzer

Dexter Filkins on the case: murder in Pakistan

Dexter Filkins is hardly the first person to use a crime and its procedural aftermath to tell a story of corruption – such tales have dotted the landscapes of film and…
September 22, 2011
Andrea Pitzer
Eric Moskowitz resurrects the pre-flight hours of 9/11

Eric Moskowitz resurrects the pre-flight hours of 9/11

Our latest Notable Narrative comes from the Boston Globe project “9/11: 10 years on,” a wide-ranging collection of print stories, slide shows and video. Many news organizations have unveiled impressive…
September 9, 2011
Andrea Pitzer

The future of Baby Donuts: Patti Waldmeir on changing (and unchanging) life in modern China

Our latest Notable Narrative, “Little Girl Found,” is the tale of a baby discovered outside a Dunkin’ Donuts in Shanghai, China. Financial Times correspondent Patti Waldmeir, who was with a…
August 26, 2011
Andrea Pitzer

Exhuming a life: Michael Kruse recovers the lost history of Kathryn Norris

What would happen if you disappeared today? What if no one noticed?In our latest Notable Narrative, St. Petersburg Times reporter Michael Kruse collects relics of the life of Kathryn Norris,…
August 12, 2011
Andrea Pitzer
A narrative sketch from George Packer's "Interesting Times"

A narrative sketch from George Packer's "Interesting Times"

In our latest Notable Narrative, “Iraqis Pass the Safety Test,” The New Yorker's George Packer draws an arc through three apparently unrelated points by doing little more than setting up…
July 14, 2011
Andrea Pitzer