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Why's This So Good? (The wonderful) Dan Barry and "The Lost Children of Tuam"

Why’s This So Good? (The wonderful) Dan Barry and “The Lost Children of Tuam”

If Dan Barry has a beat, it is humanity — humanity as it reckons with its triumphs and travesties, and, sometimes, its profound secrets.[pq]Why does Barry begin a story about…
January 15, 2018
Why's This So Good? David Foster Wallace and the brilliant "Consider the Lobster"

Why’s This So Good? David Foster Wallace and the brilliant “Consider the Lobster”

Take a moment to bask in the splendor of the piece that maddened many Gourmet readers in 2004
August 1, 2017
Why's This So Good? Hunter S. Thompson and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

Why’s This So Good? Hunter S. Thompson and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”

It’s hard, I know, to make a case for gonzo journalism in an age when reality is beset by exaggeration, even lies. And yet I’ve found myself drawn back to…
April 13, 2017
Why's This So Good? Ta-Nehisi Coates and "My President Was Black"

Why’s This So Good? Ta-Nehisi Coates and “My President Was Black”

I was almost afraid to read “My President Was Black.” Ta-Nehisi Coates is such a tour de force, I was afraid that his words would wipe away my thoughts, his insights obliterate…
January 16, 2017
Why's This So Good? Thomas Curwen and "The Loneliest War"

Why’s This So Good? Thomas Curwen and “The Loneliest War”

We’ve become too familiar, sadly, with the narrative of destructive PTSD as troops return from Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the hands of Los Angeles Times writer Thomas Curwen, we…
January 5, 2017
Why's This So Good? Mark Seal and "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit"

Why’s This So Good? Mark Seal and “The Man in the Rockefeller Suit”

Clark Rockefeller doesn’t exist. The pressed Lacoste shirts and fancy shoes might be his, but the name, the title and everything else are fake.In a Vanity Fair piece that reads…
December 8, 2016
Why's This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Why’s This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Anyone who’s worked in the obituary or foreign news section of a news outlet has a story or two to tell about the Fidel Castro obituary, otherwise known as Bane…
November 28, 2016
Why's This So Good? Randy Potts and "The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean"

Why’s This So Good? Randy Potts and “The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean”

I follow the journalist Randy Potts on social media, so I had known for weeks that he was planning to launch “The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean,” a…
November 17, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

“Why’s This So Good?” Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

This is the tenth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project]. It’s also the longest by far; where all…
June 30, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

“Why’s This So Good?” Charles P. Pierce on Michael Brick and Deadline Writing

This is the ninth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer who…
June 23, 2016