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Jonny Auping

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The Proving Grounds: Charley Crockett and the Story of Deep Ellum

by Jonny Auping July 30, 2020November 25, 2022

Generations of musicians got their start busking the streets of the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. After a decade of ‘hobo-ing’ around cities like New Orleans, Paris, and New York, Charley Crockett discovered it was his turn.

Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘Victims Become This Object of Fascination… This Silent Symbol.’

by Jonny Auping August 23, 2019October 19, 2022

Rachel Monroe talks about the pitfalls of the true crime genre. “I had this feeling like I can see the whole thing and nobody else understands… That’s a real trap that we as reporters can fall in.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘TV Has This Really Fraught Relationship with the Audience.’

by Jonny Auping June 25, 2019October 19, 2022

Emily Nussbaum talks about why TV’s relationship with its audience has become more intimate, whether we can blame Trump on True Detective, and how a TV critic’s biggest challenge is just figuring out what to watch.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing

Hanif Abdurraqib on Loving A Tribe Called Quest

by Jonny Auping February 26, 2019October 19, 2022

“I wasn’t interested in writing the definitive book on A Tribe Called Quest. I was trying to write the definitive book on a single arc of fandom.”

Posted inBooks, investigations, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘The Most Versatile Criminal In History’

by Jonny Auping February 21, 2019October 19, 2022

Journalist Evan Ratliff has uncovered the shocking reach of Paul Le Roux’s criminal enterprise — a global network of pawns, most of whom were unaware of the full extent of the empire.

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story

Decolonizing Knowledge: Stefan Bradley on the Fight for Civil Rights in the Ivy League

by Jonny Auping November 21, 2018October 19, 2022

In the 1960s, black students at the Ivies organized and protested for fair treatment, their personal safety, to create black studies programs, and to stop their universities from harming local black communities through expansion and urban renewal.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Eli Saslow on the Slow-Motion Toppling of Derek Black’s White Supremacism

by Jonny Auping September 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Eli Saslow says the push and pull of resistance (from angry classmates) and civil discourse (with others willing to be kind to him) is what changed Derek Black.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Apology Tour

by Jonny Auping April 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Writer Jonny Auping tracks down people he’s wronged in the past to say he’s sorry.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

The Apology Tour

by Jonny Auping April 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Writer Jonny Auping tracks down people he’s wronged in the past to say he’s sorry.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story, Uncategorized

Chasing the Man Who Caught the Storm: An Interview With Brantley Hargrove

by Jonny Auping April 11, 2018October 19, 2022

“If you’ve had the luck of actually seeing a tornado, man, that’s like nicotine. It gets under your skin.”

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