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Andrew Corsello on authorial empathy, the problem of goodness, the writer-editor relationship, the importance of rule-breaking, and naps

December 7, 2012 – 9:50 am

In yesterday’s post, guest curator Michael Fitzgerald wrote about the storytelling power behind “The Wronged Man,” a 2004 GQ piece by National Magazine Award winner Andrew Corsello. Fitzgerald, a Massachusetts-based business and technology writer and former Nieman Fellow, caught up with Corsello by phone recently, to talk about the story. Here’s part of their conversation, edited [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads | Also tagged Andrew Corsello, Andy Ward, GQ, Michael Fitzgerald, National Magazine Award, Nieman Fellow, Strunk and White | Comments (0)

“The Power of Storytelling,” Part 4: Chris Jones on why stories matter, Pat Walters on endings, Walt Harrington on integrity

November 2, 2012 – 8:59 am

In Part 3 of our recap of Romania’s “Power of Storytelling” conference on narrative journalism, radio producer Starlee Kine talked about story forms and themes; Esquire‘s Mike Sager talked about listening, and about suspending disbelief; and Pulitzer winner Alex Tizon talked about writing one’s own story. In Part 2, Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski wrote a short essay about why she and eight other North American [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative news | Also tagged Alex Tizon, Ben Montgomery, Bob Dylan, Burkhard Bilger, Buzz Bissinger, Chris Jones, CJMQ radio, Colson Whitehead, Cristian Lupsa, Dave Eggers, David Finkel, David Maraniss, Decat o Revista, Disney Corporation, ESPN, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Gary Smith, Gay Talese, George Orwell, Hearst Corporation, Jacqui Banaszynski, Janet Cooke, Jayson Blair, John Hope Franklin, John McPhee, Jon Franklin, Jonah Lehrer, Jonathan Yardley, Katherine Boo, Lillian Ross, Linton Weeks, Mike Sager, Monica Lewinsky, Pat Walters, Pete Hamill, Pulitzer Prize, Radiolab, Richard Ben Cramer, Roy Peter Clark, Ryszard Kapuscinksi, Sports Illustrated, Starlee Kine, Stephen Glass, Susan Sheehan, The Atavist, the Harvard Advocate, The New Republic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, the Tampa Bay Times, Truman Capote, Vivian Gornick, Walt Harrington, Walt Whitman | Comments (1)

Tracy Kidder in conversation with Darcy Frey, part 2: “I write as fast as I can to prevent remorse for having written badly.”

October 22, 2010 – 1:04 pm

Today we offer part 2 of last week’s discussion of narrative nonfiction between Tracy Kidder and Nieman Fellow Darcy Frey. (Check out the first installment, if you haven’t read it yet.) Part of the Harvard Writers at Work series, their talk was co-sponsored by the university’s Shorenstein Center, where Kidder is a fellow this fall. [...]

By Andrea Pitzer | Posted in words | Also tagged Darcy Frey, Harvard Writers at Work, Henry James, Joseph Mitchell, Richard Todd, Shorenstein Center | Comments (2)

Tracy Kidder in conversation with Darcy Frey, part 1: “Anyone who writes for a living and doesn’t admit to being very lucky is almost certainly insane”

October 21, 2010 – 4:16 pm

Last week, veteran writer Tracy Kidder offered his reflections on narrative nonfiction a public conversation with current Nieman Fellow Darcy Frey. Part of the Harvard Writers at Work series, the talk took place in a packed campus auditorium and was co-sponsored by the university’s Shorenstein Center, where Kidder is a fellow this fall. Winner of [...]

By Andrea Pitzer | Posted in words | Also tagged A.J. Liebling, Darcy Frey, Harvard Writers at Work, John McPhee, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tom Wolfe | Comments (2)

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