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Plus: Remembering Annie Dillard, and the National Book Awards announces its longlist for nonfiction

Plus: Sari Botton on the craft of memoir, and what happens when a source becomes the main character

Audio documentary producer Will James on the making of NPR's “We Keep Us Safe.” Plus: How to pitch Slate's features editor

The podcast producer on collaborating across newsrooms and finding the big idea within a story

Plus: Poynter and Headliner awards, a guide to reported and braided essays, and a history of The New Yorker's short stories

Storytelling advice from Ken Burns, the Boston Globe, The New Yorker's Sarah Stillman, The Atavist, Jabari Asim, and Keith O’Brien

The story behind Peabody winner ‘Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.’ Plus: Is nonfiction book publishing broken?

Abumrad and his editor, Ben Adair, created a groundbreaking montage of music and voices for their episode “Enter the Shrine”

Soledad O’Brien on documentary storytelling. Plus: The Power of Narrative conference and the principles of plotting

The veteran journalist and documentarian shares how her late mother’s act of defiance is a practice we should all embody