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Annotation Tuesday: The shadowy world of “involuntary celibates”

Elliot Rodger, 22, who went on a deadly rampage near a California university, was an “involuntary celibate.” Most in the “incel” culture disavowed his actions. Writer Peter C. Baker’s recent…
June 21, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Tom Junod on Michael Brick and New York Five Years After 9/11

“Why’s This So Good?” Tom Junod on Michael Brick and New York Five Years After 9/11

This is the eighth 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…
June 16, 2016
Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

When I was the Column One editor at the L.A. Times, I used to do a weekly note to readers that really made me feel connected to them. I met…
June 10, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" No. 106: Michael Brick and Ministers in Busted Boomtowns

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 106: Michael Brick and Ministers in Busted Boomtowns

This is the seventh 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…
June 9, 2016
Ezra Edelman: "The job of an interviewer is to prompt people to go to a place they didn't even realize they were prepared to go to"

Ezra Edelman: “The job of an interviewer is to prompt people to go to a place they didn’t even realize they were prepared to go to”

Forty-six minutes into Episode 4 of Ezra Edelman’s epic documentary “O.J. Simpson: Made in America,” the director squares off with Barry Scheck, the defense attorney who discredited–or, at the very…
June 7, 2016
"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
"Why's This So Good?" No. 103: Michael Brick and "Dusk of the Drummer"

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 103: Michael Brick and “Dusk of the Drummer”

This is the second 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 17, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" No. 102: Michael Brick and "A Hipster Quits Williamsburg"

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 102: Michael Brick and “A Hipster Quits Williamsburg”

This is the first 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…
May 10, 2016
The Power of Oral History as Journalism

The Power of Oral History as Journalism

First-person reports about Bill Cosby and Chernobyl bring new attention to an old form of storytelling
May 5, 2016

Farah Stockman: “I’m not going to write about them like they’re failures”

A columnist looks back at whether a summer program for poor children had an impact
April 28, 2016