Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1126 results 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 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 The Power of Narrative conference captures the #MeToo zeitgeist With writers like Roxane Gay, the Globe's Sacha Pfeiffer and The New York Times' Emily Steel, the yearly gathering focused on the uncomfortable truths of sexual abuse March 29, 2018 Annotation Tuesday! Jill Lepore and “The Prodigal Daughter” The historian and New Yorker writer on breaking her rule against writing personal essays and why journalists must use history with caution April 12, 2016 Esquire Classic: Mark Zwonitzer on the making of “What It Takes” “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s exhaustive account of the 1988 presidential election, took so long to report and write—six years in all—that it wasn’t published until the 1992 election.… February 24, 2016 Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 113 Next
