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Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a "Passport" to dread

Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a “Passport” to dread

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
November 4, 2016
Finger poppin' with Horace Silver and saying goodbye to Columbus with Philip Roth

Finger poppin’ with Horace Silver and saying goodbye to Columbus with Philip Roth

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 28, 2016
Robert Johnson and Dorothy Parker: now *that* would be a dinner party

Robert Johnson and Dorothy Parker: now *that* would be a dinner party

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 21, 2016
Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 30, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

“Why’s This So Good?” Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

This is the tenth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project]. It’s also the longest by far; where all…
June 30, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

“Why’s This So Good?” Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

This is the ninth 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 23, 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