Search results for “why's this so good” Showing 112 results "Why’s this so good?" No. 66: Eli Sanders and the bravest woman in Seattle The friend who first sent me “The Bravest Woman in Seattle” told me it was stunning but also so unsettling that I should not read it before going to bed.She… November 27, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 65: David Grann and the death row prisoner Four years ago, I began looking into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was put to death by the state of Texas in 2004. Willingham had been convicted of… November 20, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" by the numbers: Readers’ choice We’re coming upon our 65th installment of “Why’s this so good?” – in which notable journalists dissect their favorite pieces of narrative journalism. Our contributors have included Adam Hochschild, Jennifer B.… November 13, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 64: David Grann and Sherlock Holmes There is a good reason tales of true crime make for great magazine writing. Or good procedural TV shows and movies. It's because the best stories of unsolved murders, missing… October 23, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 63: Michael Paterniti and the earthquake After a 7.0 earthquake destroyed Haiti on Jan. 23, 2010, I spent weeks reading news reports about a tragedy so massive and devastating the numbers alone overwhelmed me: more than 316,000… October 16, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 62: Ian Parker profiles Alec Baldwin As far as I can tell, the New Yorker staff writer Ian Parker has no Twitter feed, no website, no LinkedIn page and no TED profile. Even for that magazine, he's pretty… October 9, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 61: John McPhee and the archdruid The New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s – by Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, and others – made the biggest collective splash in recent American nonfiction, and certainly enlarged our… October 2, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 60: Jeanne Marie Laskas and the empire of ice For the past few years, GQ correspondent Jeanne Marie Laskas has explored the myriad behind-the-scenes lives that help make our first-world reality what it is today. To borrow a couple… September 25, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 58: Scott Anderson and the hunger warriors A tattered, stapled-together copy of Scott Anderson’s “The Hunger Warriors” now qualifies as one of my oldest and most treasured possessions. I distinctly remember snipping it out of the New… September 11, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 56: Nora Ephron and the thing about breasts Nora Ephron was a writer of many gifts. She was fearless. She was blunt. She was dazzlingly perceptive. She was writing at the right time. Her connections were fascinating. She… August 28, 2012 Previous 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 12 Next
