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Matthew Pearl and "Into the Shadows" (Filed under: You can't make this stuff up)

Matthew Pearl and “Into the Shadows” (Filed under: You can’t make this stuff up)

Matthew Pearl is a sucker for underdog stories, origin stories and untold stories. Those all came together when the author of best-selling historical fiction thrillers such as “The Dante Club” and…
November 28, 2017
C.S. Lewis and Tolkien go to see "Snow White," and D.H. Lawrence goes pulp fiction

C.S. Lewis and Tolkien go to see “Snow White,” and D.H. Lawrence goes pulp fiction

Unlikely pairings seem to be a theme this week. Reporting a story under the influence of mind-altering drugs. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien going to see “Snow White” together. D.H.…
April 28, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box"

Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and “The Secrets of the Little Blue Box”

Some writers work for decades before one of their pieces gets widespread attention. Ron Rosenbaum managed to pull it off with his second long-form magazine article.Rosenbaum’s 1971 Esquire piece, “Secrets…
February 14, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Jessica Weisberg and The Atavist's "A Family Matter"

Annotation Tuesday! Jessica Weisberg and The Atavist’s “A Family Matter”

Jessica Weisberg believes that narrative journalism is heading toward a post-platform world where reporters pick the right medium for each story. If that’s the case, she’s been training for the…
January 3, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Leah Sottile and "The Man Who Created Bigfoot"

Annotation Tuesday! Leah Sottile and “The Man Who Created Bigfoot”

Just when you think Bigfoot has been analyzed, merchandized and satirized ad nauseam, along comes journalist Leah Sottile and an octogenarian rodeo cowboy named Bob Gimlin, galloping out of the…
October 11, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! David Wolman + Julian Smith and "The Cold War"

Annotation Tuesday! David Wolman + Julian Smith and “The Cold War”

When you read a lot of longform stories, you can’t help noticing something: They tend to be very, very serious.Think fast: How many made you laugh?Epic magazine’s “The Cold War,”…
September 6, 2016
The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on "Tainted Justice"

The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on “Tainted Justice”

Imagine, if you will, an investigative series in a metropolitan tabloid daily newspaper about renegade narcotics cops and a lying informant, a series that opens with a headline like this:[sidebar…
August 16, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Schweitzer of the Boston Globe on “The life and times of Strider Wolf”

Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Schweitzer of the Boston Globe on “The life and times of Strider Wolf”

Sarah Schweitzer has spent almost two decades honing her narrative instincts at The Boston Globe and the St. Petersburg Times. In April 2015 she was acknowledged by the Pulitzer Prize…
March 14, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! Chris Jones and “The Things That Carried Him”

This story was published in May 2008, five years into Chris Jones’s career at Esquire. Jones was 35 at the time, and he says it was probably the best time…
September 29, 2015
Barbara Mahany and the spiritual landscape

Barbara Mahany and the spiritual landscape

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the newest installment of “Writing the Book,” an occasional Storyboard feature in which journalists turned authors discuss the challenges of creating their work. In this essay,…
October 1, 2014