Search results for “why's this so good” Showing 112 results “Why’s this so good?” — the Hollywood edition From our “Why’s this so good?” archives, a handful of great reads on Hollywood by Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, Ian Parker and Dave Gardetta, deconstructed for craft and significance by critic… November 22, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 87: Hunter S. Thompson and the Kentucky Derby It's easy to miss. A sobering second, surrounded by intemperance. But there it is, the transitional scene after Hunter S. Thompson opens "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" with… November 12, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 86: Ian Frazier and the hidden city Don’t talk about the weather. Don’t ask anybody where they’re from or where they went to school. Oh, and don’t worry if they don’t want salad: Chances are they’ve eaten… November 5, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 85: George Saunders and the incredible Buddha boy If something funny comes my way — an article about dog whisperers, let's say — I am sometimes reduced to responding with the shorthand “LOL,” though the truth is few stories… October 29, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 84: Woody Allen, Earl Monroe and the ballet of basketball Woody Allen has written and directed an original film nearly every year since 1969. He has written several Broadway plays, published dozens of pieces in The New Yorker and given… October 15, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 82: Rebecca Solnit and "Detroit Arcadia" If you’ve been following the recent reports out of Detroit, you know conditions there are dire. This is hardly new. For decades the dominant narrative about the city has been… August 13, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 81: Lawrence Wright and the "bootleg preacher" I’m old enough to have practiced as a state prosecutor for a while, but I still laugh at fart jokes. Regardless of the flatulent punch line, Larry the Cable Guy’s… August 6, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 80: Joseph Mitchell and Joe Gould’s secret When I write a story about someone else, I keep me, myself and I, out of it. I feel strongly that I, and my proxy pronouns, do not belong.But a… July 9, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 79: Joan Didion, Hemingway, and mathematically musical writing Joan Didion finds herself counting syllables.If this is part of her brilliance, and it is, it's largely because of who she is as an observer; meticulous but detached, intimate yet… June 18, 2013 “Why’s this so good?” No. 78: Eli Saslow and “Into the Lonely Quiet” Sunday’s Washington Post carried the kind of story that can leave you limp for days. Rare anymore is the narrative that has such a visceral effect, but Eli Saslow’s piece… June 10, 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 12 Next
