Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 999 results “Why’s this so good?” No. 85: George Saunders and the incredible Buddha boy If something funny comes my way — an article about dog whisperers, let's say — I am sometimes reduced to responding with the shorthand “LOL,” though the truth is few stories… October 29, 2013 Storyboard 75: The big book of narrative, devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling Since the first stirrings of the Nieman Foundation’s narrative writing program nearly 20 years ago, the staff has tended a treasure trove of resource material devoted to excellence in journalistic… October 3, 2013 Featured Fellow: Tommy Tomlinson Tommy TomlinsonNieman Class of 2009Tomlinson spent 23 years as a local columnist at the Charlotte Observer, writing the kind of pieces that readers clipped for their scrapbooks and refrigerators. He… September 19, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 82: Rebecca Solnit and "Detroit Arcadia" If you’ve been following the recent reports out of Detroit, you know conditions there are dire. This is hardly new. For decades the dominant narrative about the city has been… August 13, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 81: Lawrence Wright and the "bootleg preacher" I’m old enough to have practiced as a state prosecutor for a while, but I still laugh at fart jokes. Regardless of the flatulent punch line, Larry the Cable Guy’s… August 6, 2013 Collected wisdom: Orlean, Atkinson, Powers, Corchado, Britt, Merida, Bennett and more If you missed a post or two in our weeklong recap of this year's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, here's the roundup: On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Times' Kelley Benham and… August 2, 2013 Kelley Benham and Tom French on "Never Let Go," book collaboration, first-person writing, memory and love Tampa Bay Times reporter Kelley Benham went into labor four months early and delivered her daughter, Juniper, at 23 weeks: a baby who weighed 20 ounces and was no taller… July 30, 2013 Inside 40 Towns: literary journalism, Dartmouth students and a professor who wanted more If you’ve been following 40 Towns, the new literary journalism magazine produced by Jeff Sharlet’s creative nonfiction students at Dartmouth, you’ve seen longform stories about ex-cons, a roadside motel, a… July 23, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 80: Joseph Mitchell and Joe Gould’s secret When I write a story about someone else, I keep me, myself and I, out of it. I feel strongly that I, and my proxy pronouns, do not belong.But a… July 9, 2013 Annotation Tuesday! Leslie Jamison and the imprisoned ultradistance runner Leslie Jamison‘s “Fog Count,” which ran in the spring issue of The Oxford American, is hard to pin down. Its subject matter is, ostensibly, jailed ultramarathon runner Charlie Engle — whom Jamison… July 2, 2013 Previous 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 … 100 Next
