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"Why's this so good?" No. 77: Danny and the carjackers

"Why’s this so good?" No. 77: Danny and the carjackers

@GlobeMoskowitzOne of the most riveting stories to emerge from the Boston Marathon bombing coverage was the Boston Globe piece, by Eric Moskowitz, about “Danny,” the young Chinese entrepreneur who spent…
May 7, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 76: William Nack and "Pure Heart"

I still remember where I was—sitting in a dive bar in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., trying to tune out the noise from the beach bums and a jukebox blaring Madonna and…
April 23, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 74: Charlie Pierce and Tiger Woods

I think it’s fair to say that most of America was shocked when news of Tiger Woods’ sex scandal broke in late 2009. I’m also pretty sure that anyone who…
March 26, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 73: Carol Smith and the cipher in Room 214

In all likelihood, “The Cipher in Room 214” began with a fairly empty notebook. Most stories do, but in this case it probably looked like it was going to stay that…
March 12, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 72: E.B. White and the sick pig

The first time most people fall for E.B. White – certainly the first time I did – they are 6 or 7 or 8. In 1952, “Charlotte’s Web” made him the…
February 26, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 71: John Jeremiah Sullivan and "Upon This Rock"

Last summer, John Jeremiah Sullivan wrote an essay about Faulkner’s Absalom! Absalom!, and amid his deft and borderline genius thoughts on the novel – “It…dramatize[s] historical consciousness itself, not just human lives but the…
February 12, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 70: David Ramsey and Lil Wayne

Like the hook of a catchy song, David Ramsey's "I Will Forever Remain Faithful," from the Fall 2008 issue of The Oxford American, lures you in with a promise:1.Complex magazine: What…
January 29, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 69: William Hazlitt and Liber Amoris

Another writer introduced me to William Hazlitt’s Liber Amoris as if he were passing along a tip to eat in a restaurant with great food but clumsy waiters. “It’s not…
January 15, 2013

"Why’s this so good?" No. 68: Jonathan Lethem and the godfather of soul

Sometime in my last year of college, James Brown played a show in the small East Coast city where I lived. I had all sorts of reasons not to go:…
December 11, 2012

"Why’s this so good?" No. 67: Dan P. Lee and Travis the killer chimp

It was a sideshow story whose horror was so extravagant that it bordered on vulgarity: On Feb. 16, 2009, a 14-year-old male chimpanzee named Travis, who had been raised from…
December 4, 2012