Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1132 results David Grann on murder, madness and writing for The New Yorker After years spent thinking he would become a novelist, David Grann turned to nonfiction, realizing that if he found intriguing characters and situations in real life, he “simply had to excavate… April 5, 2010 Sports Illustrated's Alexander Wolff on writing and the future of narrative: “I’m not sure I’m going to be on that train” Yesterday, we highlighted a Sports Illustrated story about the lone goal from a U.S.-England World Cup match in 1950 and the tragic disappearance of the man who scored it. Today, we hear… April 1, 2010 National Book Award winner T.J. Stiles on telling good stories and asking big questions T.J. Stiles, author of Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, won a National Book Award in November for his second biography, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of… January 25, 2010 CBC Dispatches (Part 3): writing for radio [This is Part 3 in our series stealing the best tips from the audio storytelling handbook of the CBC's Dispatches radio program. Parts 1 and 2 ran earlier this week.]We at Dispatches have seen thousands… December 4, 2009 Dark Books See Light The writing is snappy and the voice human in this slice-of-life piece about a couple and their fateful courtship. We liked the efficient movement from event to event, the sparing… January 31, 2007 The Four Noble Truths of Religion Writing “Life means suffering.” According to the Buddha, that is the first of four “noble truths” that together define human existence. I’m not much of a Buddhist (I’m a lapsed Catholic… December 15, 2006 Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s ‘The Barn’ You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks. February 20, 2025 How and why Katie Engelhart followed a woman’s journey to her “final exit” A California Sunday Magazine profile of a woman with dementia is included in Engelhart's new book on right-to-die issues March 3, 2021 Singular moments, timeless questions Sunday, December 28, 1986. An ordinary day, much like any other. Except in two operating rooms at Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia, where something extraordinary was about to happen.In one… October 22, 2019 5(ish) Questions for Douglas Haynes and “Every Day We Live Is the Future” The author spent nearly 10 years on his project to show climate change in the extreme micro, telling the stories of two Nicaraguan women April 24, 2018 Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 114 Next
