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Collected reflections on John Hersey's "Hiroshima"

Collected reflections on John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”

Today is the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. That’s not a notable number in the rather arbitrary realm of anniversary stories. But the event itself just seems to…
August 6, 2021
Tools from fiction build a sophisticated National Magazine Award feature finalist

Tools from fiction build a sophisticated National Magazine Award feature finalist

 Tamara Dean thinks a lot about the elements of story, whether she is writing for magazines such as The Progressive; essays for Orion or Creative Nonfiction; or a fictional short…
August 5, 2021
How a writer's kaleidoscopic mind learned to still the distractions with haiku

How a writer’s kaleidoscopic mind learned to still the distractions with haiku

I learned much of what I value about writing from a man who lost his voice. A slender, black-eyed Panamanian, José Quintero was a legend in the American theater and…
July 29, 2021
A profile of Ahmaud Arbery reveals the dangers of "running while Black"

A profile of Ahmaud Arbery reveals the dangers of “running while Black”

Acclaimed author Mitchell S. Jackson won both Pulitzer and National Magazine awards for his edgy and intimate Runner's World story
July 6, 2021
A profile gives voice to a transgender teen who is denied her full identity

A profile gives voice to a transgender teen who is denied her full identity

Samantha Schmidt of The Washington Post follows a girl who struggles to keep her voice and newfound happiness during COVID isolation
June 23, 2021
How the voices of five young women from remote, coastal Maine challenge stereotypes

How the voices of five young women from remote, coastal Maine challenge stereotypes

Gigi Georges is a self-described city kid. She is a long-time policy advocate and advisor who was born and raised in Brooklyn and spent most of her life moving between…
June 16, 2021
Empathy as the prime directive in writing about displaced people

Empathy as the prime directive in writing about displaced people

We are living in a century of displacement, says Jessica Goudeau, award-winning author of “After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America.” And because we…
June 11, 2021
A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms

A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms

EDITOR’S NOTE: Read an annotation of the prologue and first act of This American Life’s “Anatomy of Doubt.”CAUTION: The stories linked to and discussed in this package describe details of…
June 2, 2021
Embedding with EMTs to write about the first line of COVID first responders

Embedding with EMTs to write about the first line of COVID first responders

Ava Kofman of ProPublica blended contextual and records reporting with intimate narrative interviews and observation
May 21, 2021
How to determine your own fate and income as a freelancer

How to determine your own fate and income as a freelancer

At BU's The Power of Narrative conference, two Seattle writers share tips from their successful approach to the business of freelancing
March 31, 2021