Search results for “writing+the+book” Showing 1163 results The story ideas Mother Jones’ managing editor wants to see The magazine is known for its hard-hitting investigations, but Ian Gordon says, “We write so much about bad actors that we're always looking for people to bring some levity to… April 17, 2018 “London is a very dangerous subject for a writer, because it will always betray you” This week we pay tribute to London, a city that seems like it’s being pulled in two directions: toward its tremendous past and its wildly creative yet uncertain future. As… April 13, 2018 “The Sun specializes in short items unlikely to tax the mental capacities of its target audience: one-paragraph news articles, one-sentence paragraphs, one-word sentences.” Why is it great? Well, first of all, it comes from the great Sarah Lyall, who was the longtime London correspondent for The New York Times. She has such a… April 11, 2018 Point of view: a powerful narrative tool Point of view is a powerful narrative tool. Take, for example, the Newest Americans project that we spotlighted this week. For some politicians and hate-mongerers, immigrants are a scourge. But… April 6, 2018 The New Yorker’s “Lost Giant of American Literature” and the prism of race You could say there’s a certain symmetry to the fact William Melvin Kelley, the black “lost giant of American literature,” as The New Yorker called him earlier this year, was… April 5, 2018 The Power of Narrative conference captures the #MeToo zeitgeist This year’s Power of Narrative conference seemed to capture the #MeToo zeitgeist, with speakers like author Roxane Gay and the Boston Globe’s Sacha Pfeiffer talking about the uncomfortable truths of… March 29, 2018 As spring begins, a last look at winter and its juxtaposition of beauty and hardship This week we celebrated the vernal equinox, this moment of rebirth and hope as we ease out of winter. (Of course, New England got hit with another snowstorm, as if… March 23, 2018 Pacific Standard’s executive editor shares some do’s and don’ts on pitching stories Jennifer Sahn also mounts a defense of the overwhelmed editor, and why you might not hear back right away when you email March 6, 2018 Is literary journalism the peacock of the news world? So much useful beauty It was John Steinbeck’s birthday this week, and I came across this quote by him: “Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and… March 2, 2018 “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, not the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” Why is it so great? The writing in this famous passage is so good that George Orwell wrote a parody of it designed to ridicule the bloated writing of his day:“Objective… March 1, 2018 Previous 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 … 117 Next
