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Annotation Tuesday! Davy Rothbart and The California Sunday Magazine’s “Crowd Source”

The writer leaps into the abyss of pay-for-protest audiences, faux cheerleaders and pretend paparazzi -- and embraces the chaos
August 2, 2016
Hunter S. Thompson, William Burroughs and Dorothy Parker -- now that would be some party

Hunter S. Thompson, William Burroughs and Dorothy Parker — now that would be some 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,…
July 29, 2016
Just in time for another convention, Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"

Just in time for another convention, Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72”

Matt Pearce on the mad genius of the Rolling Stone dispatches, and the writer as a forefather of weird Twitter
July 25, 2016

Carrie at the prom and the Nora Charles of the Allagash

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,…
July 22, 2016
Notable Narrative: Shane Bauer and “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard”

Notable Narrative: Shane Bauer and “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard”

The Mother Jones reporter on the risks, rewards and lessons learned after going undercover inside America’s private prison system
July 21, 2016

Kate Christensen: “It is crucial to avoid grinding axes, settling scores and pointing fingers in your memoir”

The PEN/Faulkner winner talks about the differences in creating characters in memoir vs. fiction, plus finding happiness in Maine
July 19, 2016
Digital longform as journalism jetpack, and "Walking While Black"

Digital longform as journalism jetpack, and “Walking While Black”

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,…
July 15, 2016

Gay Talese: the latest scorecard on the scandals

The New Journalism demigod faces controversy over a questionable source for his new book, and the writer of an epic Annotation Tuesday! of "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" comes to…
July 13, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Thomas Curwen and a Big Sur hermit named Jack English

Annotation Tuesday! Thomas Curwen and a Big Sur hermit named Jack English

"My best stories attempt to answer an almost psychoanalytic need to address the larger, more philosophic questions about life"
July 12, 2016
Boris, Brexit and Bond (oh, and Tom Wolfe): a few of the week's favorite things

Boris, Brexit and Bond (oh, and Tom Wolfe): a few of the week’s favorite things

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,…
July 8, 2016