Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1038 results "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 Pinned: Story trailers, a notable narrative, writers on rejection, writers on Twitter, Michael Hastings’ tips for young journalists Pinned this week, for your storytelling pleasure: Inspired: Story trailers. Esquire made not one but two (a 46- and 20-second version) for Chris Jones’ “Animals,” a taut narrative about the Zanesville, Ohio,… June 21, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 78: Eli Saslow and “Into the Lonely Quiet” Sunday’s Washington Post carried the kind of story that can leave you limp for days. Rare anymore is the narrative that has such a visceral effect, but Eli Saslow’s piece about Jackie and… June 10, 2013 Professor Hersey: one student, the iconic author of ‘Hiroshima,’ and 6 timeless takeaways I would never presume to define “presence,” but I knew it when I saw it: the handsome, tall, man who’d just walked into the seminar room had it in…well, tweeds.… May 30, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 76: William Nack and "Pure Heart" I still remember where I was—sitting in a dive bar in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., trying to tune out the noise from the beach bums and a jukebox blaring Madonna and… April 23, 2013 Previous 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 … 104 Next
