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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

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

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
Barbara Mahany and the spiritual landscape

Barbara Mahany and the spiritual landscape

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the newest installment of “Writing the Book,” an occasional Storyboard feature in which journalists turned authors discuss the challenges of creating their work. In this essay,…
October 1, 2014
‘There is no good way to say this’

‘There is no good way to say this’

Author Yiyun Li reconsiders the language of loss. Plus: Drawing the line on ethical AI use
August 21, 2026
Annotation: Yiyun Li reconsiders the language of loss in her Pulitzer-winning memoir, ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow’

Annotation: Yiyun Li reconsiders the language of loss in her Pulitzer-winning memoir, ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow’

The acclaimed author discusses how words like “grief” fail when writing about the loss of her teenage son James
August 20, 2026
Navigating power and trust as a journalist

Navigating power and trust as a journalist

Shoshana Walter on writing about addiction and recovery. Plus: a visit to Portland's only magazine stand
August 14, 2026
Journalist Shoshana Walter on telling stories of addiction and recovery

Journalist Shoshana Walter on telling stories of addiction and recovery

The Pulitzer finalist and author of “Rehab: An American Scandal” talks about how she approaches human stories that spotlight injustice
August 14, 2026