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Tori Marlan and Josh Neufeld on the webcomics narrative ‘Stowaway’

October 19, 2012 – 8:23 am

Our latest Notable Narrative is “Stowaway,” an interactive comic, published by The Atavist, that tells the story of a young Ethiopian boy, “Fanuel,” who made his way to the United States via human trafficking and perseverance. The writer is Tori Marlan, a Montreal-based freelance investigative reporter and former Alicia Patterson fellow, and Josh Neufeld, a [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, comics narratives | Also tagged Alicia Patterson fellow, Alissa Quart, Brooke Gladstone, Dan Archer, David Axe, David Greenberger, Evan Ratliff, Harvey Pekar, Josh Neufeld, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Luke Radl, R. Walker, Smith magazine, The Atavist, the Chicago Reader, The New York Times, Tim Hamilton, Tori Marlan, webcomics | Comments (2)

Multimedia storytelling at The Atavist: One year in, how’s it going, Evan Ratliff?

May 3, 2012 – 7:35 am

It’s been a little over a year since The Atavist debuted as a groundbreaking digital platform for long-form multimedia storytelling. Narrative journalists had been bemoaning the shrinking storytelling acreage, so this app-based venue was met with substantial interest. “E-books are more than a publishing platform,” as New York magazine referred to the genre, “they’re a whole new literary form.” [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative speaker series | Also tagged Adam Tanner, Al Gore, Alissa Quart, Alysia Abbott, Anna Griffin, Brendan Koerner, Byliner, Carlotta Gall, Cris Beam, David Dobbs, David Grann, David Skok, David Wolman, digital National Magazine Award, Dina Kraft, Evan Ratliff, Gay Talese, Harper's, Hiroshima, James Geary, Jonathan Blakley, Jonathan Franzen, Joshua Hammer, longform.org, longreads, Matthew Power, Michael Lewis, National Magazine Award, Newsweek, Nicholas Thompson, Outside, Paige Williams, Raquel Rutledge, The Atavist, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, the Village Voice, Tyler Bridges, Wired | Comments (3)

Evan Ratliff on The Atavist: narrative throwback or the future of nonfiction storytelling?

February 9, 2011 – 2:41 pm

We talked by phone this week with Evan Ratliff, one of the founders of The Atavist, a just-minted publishing house that makes original narrative nonfiction available on digital mobile reading devices. Last year, Ratliff made a splash with a story of his own for Wired, in which he tried to vanish. He has also written [...]

By Andrea Pitzer | Posted in words | Also tagged Evan Ratliff, Kindle, Nicholas Thompson, Outside, The Atavist, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Wired | Comments (3)