Search results for “context” Showing 497 results Why’s This So Good? David Foster Wallace and the brilliant “Consider the Lobster” Take a moment to bask in the splendor of the piece that maddened many Gourmet readers in 2004 August 1, 2017 In a South African cookbook-memory book, recapturing a life that was lost to apartheid "Huis Kombuis" offers an old-fashioned spin on multimedia storytelling: a collective memoir with lovingly hand-stitched recipes honoring a demolished neighborhood -- and a past that couldn't be destroyed July 20, 2017 Notable Narrative: Luke Mogelson and “The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS” Many journalists covered the battle for Mosul, the capital of the self-styled Caliphate of the Islamic extremist group ISIS. American author Luke Mogelson, on assignment for The New Yorker, viewed… July 10, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Mark Follman and “The True Cost of Gun Violence in America” Few journalists are more versed in guns and gun violence than Mark Follman. As national affairs editor for Mother Jones, Follman has led a series of landmark investigations into everything… June 29, 2017 Thomas Curwen and “Surgeon races to save a life during L.A.’s shooting season” The Los Angeles Times writer, who watched a doctor operate on a teen gunshot victim, talks about his enduring passion for stories that depict “the split-second events that change the… June 27, 2017 In Arab world, an ancient tradition of oral storytelling gets a 21st century spin In the past, "hakawati" would recount legends or fables; today, Moth-like events often tackle social issues or process trauma from war June 6, 2017 “There’s no room for hate in ice cream,” Dennis liked to remind himself. Why is it great? We annotated this wonderful story last year, and the focus of the annotation was the rarity of humor in longform. This line makes me laugh even… May 10, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Josh O’Kane and “The Ballad of Fogarty’s Cove” The word “lament” is a sadly beautiful thing, its layers and meanings distinct, yet entwined. In music, it is a song of loss, of missing someone or something that is… May 9, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Nathan Thornburgh talks mind-blowing drugs and Anthony Bourdain The co-founder of the unapologetically longform travel-food-politics site Roads & Kingdoms talks about teaming up with the chef-raconteur and reporting while under the influence of the hallucinogen ayahuasca April 27, 2017 The Boston Globe’s Malcolm Gay and a story of love, and art, lost to the Holocaust Last year, Malcolm Gay, an arts reporter at The Boston Globe, stumbled across the seemingly impossible: an untold story about the Holocaust.[pq]There’s an inheritance that was lost and can never… April 25, 2017 Previous 1 … 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 … 50 Next
