Writing the book: Beth Macy and ‘Factory Man’ By Beth Macy• Story Craft• July 9, 2014 In the fall of 2011, I began reporting stories about the aftereffects of globalization on small factory towns in … Read more
Writing the book: Jason Fagone and ‘Ingenious’ By Jason Fagone• Story Craft• December 12, 2013 I got the deal to write my first book, Horsemen of the Esophagus, in the spring of 2005. I’d been out of college for four years at that point, writing for two different magazines, in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. I’d never … Read more