January 11, 2013 – 8:25 am
When Richard Ben Cramer died Monday, at 62, of lung cancer, the outpouring of grief and gratitude began immediately. It’s hard to find a narrative journalist or a serious political writer that Cramer didn’t influence with What It Takes: The Way to the White House, his 1,047-page saga of the 1988 presidential race, or with [...]
By Paige Williams
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Posted in narrative news
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Also tagged Gene Weingarten, James Fallows, John Avlon, Jonathan Martin, Mike Sager, Philadelphia Daily News, Politico, Pulitzer Prize, Richard Ben Cramer, Ryan Lizza, Salon, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Tom Junod, Will Bunch
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October 30, 2012 – 10:26 am
The Hurricane Sandy storylines are still unfolding, but one thing became clear on Monday as winds and water overtook New York City and New Jersey in historic proportions: Digital media deepened the transformation of the disaster narrative. Here’s some of what’s out there today in various storytelling forms: The New York Times’ Tumblr-like live update stream was the cleanest [...]
By Paige Williams
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Posted in narrative news
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Also tagged Alexis Madrigal, Gizmodo, Hurricane Sandy, Ian Shapira, Instagram, Justin Brannan, Lydia Calas, Marissa Lang, Mary Norris, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Tampa Bay Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, TIME magazine, Tumblr
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September 20, 2012 – 8:35 am
Every narrative journalist can point to a story or a book, or two, that changed their lives, and that made them want to tell true stories. What story does it for you? Where was your love born? When we asked about influential writing via Twitter, answers came in a flurry. Wright Thompson said North Toward Home, [...]
By Paige Williams
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Posted in #longreads
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Also tagged Aaron Latham, Adam Davidson, Alex Tizon, Alice Steinbach, Alison Smith, Andrew Pantazi, Anne Lamott, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbara Myerhoff, Buzz Bissinger, Chris Jones, Clive Thompson, Cornelius Ryan Award, Darcy Frey, David Foster Wallace, David Von Drehle, Deborah Baker, Des Moines Register, Diane Shipley, Dinty Moore, Edwidge Danticat, ESPN, Gay Talese, Gene Weingarten, George Orwell, Harold Ross, Harper's, Ian Frazier, Jacqui Banaszynski, James Baldwin, Jane Kramer, Janet Malcolm, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Jeff Sharlet, Jimmy Breslin, Jo Ann Beard, Joan Didion, Joe Sacco, John Carey, John Hersey, John McPhee, Jordan Conn, Joseph Mitchell, Julia Sommerfeld, Karen K. Ho, Katherine Boo, Kelley Benham, Ken Fuson, KillingtheBuddha.com, Larry L. King, Lê Thi Diem Thúy, Lillian Ross, Louisa May Alcott, Luke Dittrich, Madeleine Blais, Mara Grunbaum, Mark Bowden, Mark Kramer, Mary McCarthy, Melissa Faye Green, Michael Herr, Michael Lesy, Mother Jones, New York Herald Tribune, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Nick Paumgarten, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nora Ephron, Norman Mailer, Overseas Press Club Award, Philip Weiss, Pulitzer Prize, Rachel Signer, Randy Shilts, Rebecca Skloot, Rob Boynton, Rolling Stone, Ron Rosenbaum, Rosemary Mahoney, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Sebastian Junger, Susan Orlean, Tampa Bay Times, Ted Conover, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The New Yorker, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Tim O'Brien, Timothy B. Tyson, Tobias Wolff, Tom Junod, Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, Vanity Fair, Walt Whitman, Wendy Call, Will Hobson, William Browning, Willie Morris, Wired, Wright Thompson, Zoe Heller
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The story I want to tell you about, “In the Monster’s Maw,” was published in 1997, and that’s important. Because in 1997, when Burkhard Bilger went out to Oklahoma for The Atlantic, to write about noodling for catfish, few people knew what noodling was. You probably do. You’ve seen it on YouTube: a guy is [...]
It’s been a volatile few months for ethics in storytelling, what with the unprecedented “This American Life” retraction of monologist Mike Daisey’s Apple story, and with the unfurled furor over John D’Agata’s anti-accuracy screed in The Lifespan of a Fact. Of all the reactions to the Daisey fiasco, a couple stood out. Steve Myers and [...]
By Paige Williams
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Posted in narrative news
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Also tagged Craig Silverman, David Grann, David Sedaris, Hampton Sides, Hellhound on His Trail, James Fallows, John D'Agata, Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Mike Daisey, NPR, Poynter, Roy Peter Clark, Santaland Diaries, Steve Myers, The Lifespan of a Fact, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, This American Life
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October 11, 2011 – 10:00 am
Last October, with the Greek bond crisis emerging as a danger to the European economy, Michael Lewis wrote a piece for Vanity Fair about an order of monks accused of manipulating the crisis to bilk the Greek government out of billions of dollars. It’s 12,000 words about bonds, corruption, politics and markets, yet it moves [...]
September 20, 2011 – 4:07 pm
Environmental journalists often feel married to the tragic narrative. Pollution, extinction, invasion: The stories are endless, and endlessly the same. Our editors see the pattern and bury us in the back pages; our readers see it and abandon us on the subway or in the dentist’s office. Sometimes we’re no fun. But assuming the value [...]
We tend now to think of Hollywood’s hackneyed, would-be blockbusters as a new phenomenon, one borne of desperation, unprecedented cynicism and the rise of narrative television. But Raymond Chandler’s wonderful 1945 essay-screed “Writers in Hollywood” reminds us that the motion picture industry was, by and large, as uninspired and ridiculous 65 years ago as it is [...]
By Maud Newton
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Posted in why's this so good?, words
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Also tagged Ayelet Waldman, George Pelacanos, H. L. Mencken, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Ames, Kurt Vonnegut, Marilynne Robinson, Mark Twain, Maud Newton, Michael Chabon, Raymond Chandler, Richard Dawkins, Richard Price, Salman Rushdie, Sam Lipsyte, Sloane Crosley, why's this so good?
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We recently talked by Skype with David Dobbs about the mystery that began with his mother’s dying wish. Dobbs’ years of efforts to solve that mystery eventually became “My Mother’s Lover,” which was published last month byThe Atavist. Dobbs has written at many lengths in several formats: He’s completed three books on science and environmental [...]
How can environmental writers craft emotionally involving stories from disasters that are slow-moving and attritional, rather than explosive and spectacular? This is a particularly pressing question for our age, as the news cycle spins ever faster, as the media venerates spectacle, and as public policy is increasingly shaped around what are perceived as immediate needs. Think [...]
By Rob Nixon
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Posted in images, words
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Also tagged Cory Doctorow, Harvard University Press, Jennifer Redfearn, Josh Fox, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Linda Stone, Rachel Carson, Rob Nixon, The New York Times, The New Yorker, University of Wisconsin, Wangari Maathai
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