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“Why’s this so good?” No. 44: Robert Kurson and the blind man

My love affair with narrative nonfiction was in its early stages when I first read Robert Kurson’s “Into the Light,” in the June 2005 edition of Esquire. I was mostly…
May 29, 2012
"Why's this so good?" No. 43: "Radio Diaries" on teenage drama

"Why’s this so good?" No. 43: "Radio Diaries" on teenage drama

Boxing stories leave me cold. Like many sports stories, they seem to assume an audience of fans who will be thrilled − rather than sickened − by a narrative built on grueling workouts, bloodied…
May 22, 2012

"Why's this so good?" No. 42: Tom Hallman and timeless forgiveness

Years ago, the wonderful Walt Harrington came to our newsroom and fired us up. We were at the start of a storytelling revival, trying to find our way back to craft, and…
May 15, 2012
Getting the story: Luke Dittrich and the tornado

Getting the story: Luke Dittrich and the tornado

In Thursday’s post we excerpted nice lines from the five National Magazine Award finalists in feature writing. These included Luke Dittrich’s “Heavenly Father!...,” from Esquire, about survivors of the Joplin,…
April 13, 2012
Documentary photographer Lori Waselchuk's "Grace Before Dying" and the ethics of narrative activism

Documentary photographer Lori Waselchuk's "Grace Before Dying" and the ethics of narrative activism

Lori Waselchuk describes herself as a “documentary photographer and arts activist.” We’ve wanted to talk with her for a while about her latest project, “Grace Before Dying,” which focuses on…
March 30, 2012
Audio danger: transgressive voices

Audio danger: transgressive voices

[The fourth installment in an ongoing series of posts by Julia Barton about audio narratives. –Ed.]Great audio, as I’ve previously written, transports us to an imaginative place somewhere between the…
March 15, 2012
“Why’s this so good?” No. 33: Michael Paterniti’s painted ghosts

“Why’s this so good?” No. 33: Michael Paterniti’s painted ghosts

It was summer; it was winter. The village disappeared behind skeins of fog. Fishermen came and went in boats named Reverence, Granite Prince, Souwester.Whenever I find my writing drifting into…
March 13, 2012
February Editors' Roundtable: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on patients' rights

February Editors’ Roundtable: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on patients’ rights

Our February Roundtable looks at “Law creates barriers to getting care for mentally ill,” by Meg Kissinger. In her narrative, Kissinger touches on violence, mental health and 40 years of…
February 7, 2012
Beth Macy on Edna Buchanan, sources in conflict, and stories too sad to tell

Beth Macy on Edna Buchanan, sources in conflict, and stories too sad to tell

Our January Editors’ Roundtable looked at “After the battle, Mike Sword’s war within,” a story by Roanoke Times reporter Beth Macy about the death of an Air Force veteran in Virginia after…
January 27, 2012
January Editors' Roundtable: The Roanoke Times on PTSD and hard questions

January Editors’ Roundtable: The Roanoke Times on PTSD and hard questions

Our January Roundtable looks at “After the battle, Mike Sword’s war within,” by Beth Macy. In her story, Macy explores the death of a combat veteran in southern Virginia, tracing…
January 26, 2012