Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1040 results Reporting trauma: Jessica Ravitz on farmer suicides Ravitz made time and space for a daughter and son to talk about their father's death in hopes of helping others February 3, 2022 When writing sparks writing Lines from a Muriel Rukeyser poem echoed forward into the heart of a Christmas movie starring Dame Maggie Smith January 28, 2022 An obit gets honest and goes viral The son of a bawdy woman talks about writing an irreverent obituary to match his mom's irreverent life January 25, 2022 How Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker exposed the “troubled teen industry” Aviv scoured court records, social media and personal journals to reveal the abuses of a system of unregulated Christian boarding schools January 6, 2022 How an “immersionist” held up the story of one homeless child as “a mirror to America” Pulitzer-winner Andrea Elliott of The New York Times followed a homeless child named Dasani for eight years, from newspaper project to book December 10, 2021 A profile of one family divided by vaccine politics reflects the divide of a nation Peter Jamison of The Washington Post immerses into the emotional chasm of a family struggling with divergent views and a sudden death November 23, 2021 “It smelled like margarine and white bread, marriage and cramped flats.” —Douglas Stuart, from his novel, "Shuggie Bain" November 12, 2021 Immersing into the lives of children damaged by gun violence, and laws that don’t stop it John Woodrow Cox of The Washington Post talks to kids like an adult, sits on their bedroom floors, and doesn't push until they're OK with him November 5, 2021 “That’s what writing is, after all the nonsense…” —Ocean Vuong in his novel, "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" November 4, 2021 50 shades of nuance in a polarized world An essayist ponders when to write black-and-white polemics that attract clicks, and when to be more considered November 3, 2021 Previous 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 … 104 Next
