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5(ish) Questions: Bridget Huber and “The Living Disappeared” of Argentina

5(ish) Questions: Bridget Huber and “The Living Disappeared” of Argentina

The California Sunday piece unpacks loss and resilience in the aftermath of the country's military dictatorship through the story of one family
Reporter Tom French and "the three most beautiful words in the English language: What happens next?”

Reporter Tom French and “the three most beautiful words in the English language: What happens next?”

In a remarkable speech at the recent Power of Storytelling gathering in Romania, the Pulitzer-winning writer is true to the conference's name
5(ish) Questions: Patsy Sims and "The Stories We Tell: Classic True Tales by America's Greatest Women Journalists"

5(ish) Questions: Patsy Sims and “The Stories We Tell: Classic True Tales by America’s Greatest Women Journalists”

The anthology, which includes Joan Didion and Lillian Ross, puts a deserved spotlight on female writers (and perhaps will give Gay Talese a few ideas when he's next asked about…
For Halloween week, supernatural podcasts and the haunting of Joan Didion

For Halloween week, supernatural podcasts and the haunting of Joan Didion

A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure
This American Afterlife: Aaron Mahnke and the spooky podcast (and TV show) "Lore"

This American Afterlife: Aaron Mahnke and the spooky podcast (and TV show) “Lore”

The creator of the hugely popular true-life scary stories talks about his love for the supernatural and getting listeners to follow him down dark tunnels
Nikole Hannah-Jones on reporting about racial inequality: "What drives me is rage"

Nikole Hannah-Jones on reporting about racial inequality: “What drives me is rage”

At the Power of Storytelling conference, the writer talks about Charlottesville and entrenched racism that reaches back 400 years in America
5(ish) Questions: Ted Genoways and his year-long embed on a family farm

5(ish) Questions: Ted Genoways and his year-long embed on a family farm

In the book "This Blessed Earth," the writer and his wife, photographer Mary Anne Andrei, give voice to the Americans who provide the food we eat
New York’s "Subway Therapist" and his collage of a city's hopes and fears

New York’s “Subway Therapist” and his collage of a city’s hopes and fears

As the scribbled sticky notes come out in book form, Levee talks about spending his days collecting tiny fingerprints of commuters' psyches
Ellen Barry and "How to Get Away with Murder in Small-Town India"

Ellen Barry and “How to Get Away with Murder in Small-Town India”

The New York Times foreign correspondent talks about her sensational last story from India, in which she uses first person to unparalleled effect
Notable Narrative: The Cincinnati Enquirer's stunning “Seven Days of Heroin”

Notable Narrative: The Cincinnati Enquirer’s stunning “Seven Days of Heroin”

A writer and editor talk about wrangling 60 staffers and a deluge of copy -- and creating a riveting portrait of the human face of the opioid epidemic