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Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

Of Aretha on vinyl, and Cheever on ink and paper

When I was the Column One editor at the L.A. Times, I used to do a weekly note to readers that really made me feel connected to them. I met…
June 10, 2016
A letter of introduction: On loving literary journalism (plus music, Maine and tattoos)

A letter of introduction: On loving literary journalism (plus music, Maine and tattoos)

Kari HowardI’m Kari Howard, the new editor of Storyboard, and I’m writing to you from a Maine farmhouse, where possibly the biggest lilac bush in Waldo County is in full…
June 1, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Jesse Katz goes “Inside the San Quentin Marathon”

Annotation Tuesday! Jesse Katz goes “Inside the San Quentin Marathon”

For many of his 30-plus years in the journalism business, Jesse Katz has been covering crime. Back in the early 1990s, his former employer The Los Angeles Times assigned him…
April 26, 2016
"Power of Narrative" Conference: How Shakespeare would go viral

“Power of Narrative” Conference: How Shakespeare would go viral

What does Shakespeare have to do with clickbait? How much in common did ancient indigenous peoples have with the Twitter community? Was Dante’s “Inferno” the original “explainer” story?Amy O’LearyThe surprising…
April 4, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Schweitzer of the Boston Globe on “The life and times of Strider Wolf”

Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Schweitzer of the Boston Globe on “The life and times of Strider Wolf”

Sarah Schweitzer has spent almost two decades honing her narrative instincts at The Boston Globe and the St. Petersburg Times. In April 2015 she was acknowledged by the Pulitzer Prize…
March 14, 2016

From Esquire Classic: “Love in the Time of Magic”

Mid February marked the anniversary of Magic Johnson’s 1992 return to the NBA after having retired the previous fall, when he announced he was HIV positive. He turned in a…
March 8, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

The novelist/essayist/photographer on how he blended his diverse interests and influences into a compelling essay on his own photography
February 2, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! Jenna Pirog on Virtual Reality in “The Displaced”

A good story transports its audience to the scene of the action. The classics of narrative nonfiction are memorable because they find the words that put the reader in the…
January 19, 2016

Jake Silverstein: “Immersing you in worlds not your own”

New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein on telling stories with virtual reality
January 19, 2016
From Esquire Classic: Tom Junod on Profiling Hillary Clinton

From Esquire Classic: Tom Junod on Profiling Hillary Clinton

Tom JunodHillary Clinton has changed greatly over the past twenty-five years of public service, as First Lady, then Senator, then Secretary of State, and now presidential front-runner. No one has…
January 13, 2016