books Here are the books that inspired you Our guide to the best books in storytelling, letters to the editor, Peabody Award nominees April 18, 2025 Mark Armstrong The Nieman Storyboard guide to books on storytelling Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share more than 40 books that inspire their work. April 17, 2025 Mallary Tenore Tarpley Researching a legendary race: How to use newspaper archives in crafting a narrative In telling the story of a canoe race, Frank Bures had to find a way to blend firsthand accounts with archival news coverage. April 9, 2025 Frank Bures Tell us your favorite books on storytelling Plus: Robert Caro digs into his personal archives, and The Guardian's Jessica Reed shares what she's looking for in story pitches. March 7, 2025 Mark Armstrong Minda Honey’s lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story. February 28, 2025 Mark Armstrong The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez’s ‘Alligator Tears’ "You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic." February 27, 2025 Minda Honey ‘Journalism is the privilege to learn as you go’ Elon Green on Wright Thompson's "The Barn," how a New York magazine writer organizes his sources, and more. February 21, 2025 Mark Armstrong Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s ‘The Barn’ You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks. February 20, 2025 Elon Green Think your book is done? Think again After four years reporting, writing and rewriting, a first-time book author sends in her manuscript — then braces for another year-plus of work August 22, 2024 Mallary Tenore Tarpley “Go out, little book, into the world.” —From an interview with author Margaret Atwood July 30, 2024 Jacqui Banaszynski 1 2 3 4 5 Next
