During the last days of December, we’ve been tweeting down Storyboard’s top 10 posts for the year. In case you haven’t been following along, here they are, all in one place (in reverse order):
10. Internet phenom Maud Newton’s “Why’s this so good?”:
“Raymond Chandler sticks it to Hollywood.”
9. Chris Jones, Esquire writer at large, talks with Nieman [...]
Tag Archives: Gay Talese
Nieman Storyboard’s top 10 posts for 2011
December 30, 2011 – 1:11 pm
“Why’s this so good?” No. 24: Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio
December 13, 2011 – 11:37 am
“Do you know how George Washington died?” my girlfriend asked one evening last week.
I was busy working on this piece, and in truth, I had no idea. Because after he kicked out the British, helped establish modern democracy, and became the first American Hero – never mind the first president – Washington left the realm of [...]
Gay Talese has a Coke*: reflections of a narrative legend, in conversation with Esquire’s Chris Jones
December 2, 2011 – 2:08 pm
Continuing a Nieman Foundation narrative writing speaker series set up by Paige Williams, journalism legend Gay Talese appeared on campus two weeks ago in conversation with Esquire’s Chris Jones. The Harvard Writers at Work lecture series co-sponsored the standing-room-only event, where Talese and Jones were introduced by current Nieman fellow Adam Tanner of Reuters. What follows is [...]
Chris Jones on reporting for detail, the case against outlining and the power of donuts
December 1, 2011 – 12:11 pm
Esquire writer at large Chris Jones came to the Nieman Foundation two weeks ago as part of the Narrative Writing speakers series I started at the foundation last year, and spent a couple of hours talking about craft. Jones began his career as a sportswriter for the National Post in Toronto, where he covered boxing, which became [...]
Life in the cave: highlights from Boston University’s “The Rebirth of Storytelling” conference
May 10, 2011 – 12:50 pm
What does it take to make a great story? Boston University’s “The Power of Narrative” conference, held on campus April 29-30, aimed to offer some insights. The event included the kind of writing techniques and “show don’t tell” advice you’d expect (and hope for) at such a gathering. But beyond hearing about the mechanics of narrative [...]
Boston University announces 2011 narrative conference roster
March 2, 2011 – 2:47 pm
More conference news for long-form addicts: Boston University has announced the roster for “The Power of Narrative” conference taking place on campus April 29 & 30 of this year.
The list of speakers includes some fabulous storytellers:
Susan Orlean, New Yorker contributor and author of “The Orchid Thief”;
Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times and co-author [...]
Stories inside and outside traditional beats: narrative nods in the winter issue of Nieman Reports
December 13, 2010 – 3:09 pm
One of our sister sites, Nieman Reports, has just posted its latest issue, “The Beat Goes On.” You can take a gander at the issue in its entirety, but we thought we’d include some highlights for those of you with a particular interest in narrative.
In “Modern-Day Slavery: A Necessary Beat – with Different Challenges,” E. [...]
Gay Talese at Boston University narrative conference: “I don’t want something juicy; I want the closest I can get to the truth”
April 24, 2010 – 7:57 am
The son of Italian immigrants grew up in a house where there were virtually no books. In the small, World War II-era town of Ocean City, N.J., Gay Talese spent afternoons listening to plump ladies with deep pockets tell stories from across the counter of his mother’s dress shop.
They were talking about the war, their [...]
Channeling “The Power of Narrative”: Isabel Wilkerson on Boston University’s April conference
March 29, 2010 – 4:12 pm
Looking for thoughts on narrative from big names in a small setting? We spoke last week with Isabel Wilkerson, director of narrative nonfiction at Boston University’s College of Communication, about the upcoming conference “The Power of Narrative: Timeless Art in an Urgent Age.” Taking place at the University’s Photonics Center April 23 – 24, the event [...]
