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Pinned: Thanksgiving Week reading

Pinned: Thanksgiving Week reading

Our Pinterest boards grow daily with recommended reading/watching/listening, and with storytelling tips, narrative news, gear, and more. We curate the best of the collection here on Storyboard weekly. In case…
November 26, 2013
What they're tweeting: oral histories

What they’re tweeting: oral histories

Twitter breeds all kinds of storytelling conversation starters, and we’ve started rounding them up. Texas Monthly’s Pamela Colloff tweeted for recommendations on crime writing and empathy a couple of weeks…
November 14, 2013

“Why’s this so good?” No. 87: Hunter S. Thompson and the Kentucky Derby

It’s easy to miss. A sobering second, surrounded by intemperance. But there it is, the transitional scene after Hunter S. Thompson opens “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved” with…
November 12, 2013
The Storyboard shortlist on Veterans Day

The Storyboard shortlist on Veterans Day

Some of the recommended Veterans Day reading that’s turning up on Twitter today, plus a few other Storyboard favorites:“The bugle that sounded the end of the first World War,” by…
November 11, 2013

“Pebbles in the Pond: Touching Hearts One Story at a Time”

Editor’s note: This is the fourth and last piece covering this year’s “Power of Storytelling” conference, in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch Esquire‘s Chris Jones talk about the intersection of storytelling and…
November 1, 2013
Finding stories within the mess

Finding stories within the mess

Editor's note: This is the third piece covering this year’s “Power of Storytelling” conference in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch Esquire's Chris Jones talk about the intersection of storytelling…
October 31, 2013

“Why’s this so good?” No. 85: George Saunders and the incredible Buddha boy

If something funny comes my way — an article about dog whisperers, let's say — I am sometimes reduced to responding with the shorthand “LOL,” though the truth is few stories…
October 29, 2013
Telling true stories: Is it worth it? (Yes.)

Telling true stories: Is it worth it? (Yes.)

Editor's note: This is the second installment covering this year's "Power of Storytelling," an annual conference in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch the first installment, in which Esquire's Chris…
October 24, 2013

Full life, tight space? Consider narrative shorthand.

An interesting writing move recently caught my eye in Rosalind Bentley's Atlanta Journal-Constitution profile of poet laureate Natasha Trethewey. For lack of a better name, I’ll call it the "narrative…
October 17, 2013
Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”

Why did it strike a chord with people? Talese has no idea
October 8, 2013