Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1142 results 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.) 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” Why did it strike a chord with people? Talese has no idea October 8, 2013 Featured Fellow: Anne Hull Anne HullClass of 1995A longtime Washington Post reporter, Hull won the Pulitzer for Public Service in 2008, for reporting, with Dana Priest, that exposed substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army… September 26, 2013 Featured Fellow: J. Anthony Lukas J. Anthony LukasNieman Class of 1969Lukas, a two-time Pulitzer winner, is best known for his bestselling 1985 book Common Ground, about school busing and race relations in Boston. In braided… September 26, 2013 Featured Fellow: Julia Keller Julia KellerNieman Class of 1998A former Chicago Tribune reporter and cultural critic, Keller won the 2005 Pulitzer for feature writing, for her “gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second… September 24, 2013 Featured Fellow: Rick Bragg Rick BraggNieman Class of 1992Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, Bragg reported for the New York Times, mostly as a generalist. He wrote stories about a wide… September 23, 2013 Featured Fellow: Darcy Frey Darcy FreyNieman Class of 2011Frey wrote the 1994 book The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams, about inner-city basketball players hoping for athletic scholarships to college, and is a contributing… September 23, 2013 Previous 1 … 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 … 115 Next
