Search results for “writing+the+book” Showing 1153 results “I’m thinking longer term, in geologic time, doing just what I can each day and not putting it off because it won’t be brilliant.” —From Amy Liptrot, in her memoir "The Outrun" February 20, 2019 What the “Insect Apocalypse” reveals about faulty human memory Brooke Jarvis takes windshield wipers to environmental blindness February 19, 2019 Forget the chocolates. Tell a story instead I‘m not much on Valentine’s Day. I liked the grade school tradition of exchanging Valentine’s Day cards with classmates. (Is that just a U.S. thing?) Each of us was supposed… February 14, 2019 “I work like a watchmaker or an old-fashioned silversmith: one eye screwed up… ” —From the memoir "A Tale of Love and Darkness" by Amos Oz February 13, 2019 For the love of analog in a digital world Every August when I was young, my mother would take me to the store to buy some back-to-school notebooks. Maybe some pencils. Sometimes even a plastic pencil sharpener.This was a… February 6, 2019 A prescient voice speaks for the Earth Aldo Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” turns 70 this year. At a time when writing about ecological emergency is emotionally and politically fraught, the “Almanac” is a balm of wisdom… February 5, 2019 A nutcracker suite: How top journalists interpret the dance of the nut graf Perspectives from more than 20 top journalists on what the "nut graf" really means February 1, 2019 A nut graf by any other name might taste sweeter ~ and be more digestible A defense of the summary nut as it is used in variations by Ken Burns, the Beatles and Shakespeare January 31, 2019 Nut grafs: Overused, misused — or merely misunderstood? When a summary nut beeps like the back-up horn on a truck or blinds like a searchlight, it can ruin the magic of a narrative January 30, 2019 From a Kickstarter about avocados to conviction as an American spy How Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian turned 544 days in an Iranian prison into a story about love, journalism and a broken homeland January 22, 2019 Previous 1 … 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 … 116 Next
