Search results for “twitter” Showing 502 results “Why’s this so good?” No. 32: Darcy Frey on the brink It’s been 16 years since I first read Darcy Frey’s piece about the overwhelming, stressful job of being an air traffic controller – 16 years since I first swore never to… February 28, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 31: Susan Orlean maps obsession Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever” first ran in The New Yorker on January 23, 1995. It had a second life as a book, and a third as a movie, in which adapting the… February 17, 2012 What we're reading: kung-fu college, the new immortals, and life in isolation Reflections on Tiananmen Square 20 years on. A look at the use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons today. A father rolling through an infantile old age as part of… February 16, 2012 The essence of story, in a 358-word song When I was little, my mama worked the early shift at the seafood plant. She’d drop me off at my Aunt Janice’s house before dawn and they’d lay me down… February 14, 2012 Audio danger: NPR’s Kelly McEvers on trauma and the calculus of risk [The second installment in an ongoing series of posts by Julia Barton about audio narratives. –Ed.]The title of this series, “Audio danger,” is mostly tongue-in-cheek. But not in the case… February 3, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 30: Sally Jenkins picks Kwame Brown The thing about being the first pick in the NBA draft – especially if you’re 19-year-old Kwame Brown, the youngest No. 1 pick ever – is that you become the subject of… January 31, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 29: Andrea Curtis and the rhythm of mercy As a rule, I’m not one of those readers who flips ahead to the last few pages of an article or book before committing myself to reading it. I like… January 24, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 28: Vanessa Grigoriadis on Britney Spears There’s a video of Britney Spears shot in 2007, not long after Valentine’s Day. She’s pacing around a tattoo parlor, where she’s just gotten a pair of bright red lips… January 17, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 27: Christopher Goffard tracks love in flight One drawer of my desk – the largest – contains a mound of stories, the best I’ve found in newspapers and magazines over the last 20 years. In addition, three or four… January 10, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 26: Moehringer KO's a mystery The hell with my lede. Let’s start with his: I’m sitting in a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio, waiting for a call from a man who doesn’t trust me, hoping… January 3, 2012 Previous 1 … 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 … 51 Next
