Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results What the “Insect Apocalypse” reveals about faulty human memory EDITOR’S NOTE: The report released this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does not equivocate: Global warming is real, human-caused, catastrophic — and leaves a narrowing window to… August 12, 2021 A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on “Losing Earth,” human inertia and storytelling as “a moral act” EDITOR’S NOTE: The report released this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does not equivocate: Global warming is real, human-caused, catastrophic — and leaves a narrowing window to… August 11, 2021 Collected reflections on John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” Today is the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. That’s not a notable number in the rather arbitrary realm of anniversary stories. But the event itself just seems to… August 6, 2021 Tools from fiction build a sophisticated National Magazine Award feature finalist Tamara Dean thinks a lot about the elements of story, whether she is writing for magazines such as The Progressive; essays for Orion or Creative Nonfiction; or a fictional short… August 5, 2021 How a writer’s kaleidoscopic mind learned to still the distractions with haiku I learned much of what I value about writing from a man who lost his voice. A slender, black-eyed Panamanian, José Quintero was a legend in the American theater and… July 29, 2021 Foreign reporting: Peter Hessler on seeing China through a personal lens Peter Hessler’s books about China have resonated with both Western and Chinese audiences, an accomplishment that seems unlikely today, when the “China story” has become a political and diplomatic battleground.Hessler… July 28, 2021 “… and the cold came biting …” Some years ago, I spent three weeks at a mountain-climbing base camp in the interior of Antarctica. The reporting trip was supposed to be a two-day in-and-out, but a dispute… July 15, 2021 #6 rule of pitching: Stay focused A good pitch is not a scattershot, but a clearly stated central idea or question that is fresh, relevant, and a fit for the publication July 8, 2021 A profile of Ahmaud Arbery reveals the dangers of “running while Black” Acclaimed author Mitchell S. Jackson won both Pulitzer and National Magazine awards for his edgy and intimate Runner's World story July 6, 2021 Industry news that honors the craft and reflects the times Even the most dramatic news about the journalism is seldom a surprise. Budgets are cut. Awards are given. Veterans retire or are bought out. Book contracts are signed.But collecting a… July 1, 2021 Previous 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 … 117 Next
