The New Yorker writer describes his career’s circuitous route, from his start as a struggling fiction writer to becoming a China correspondent, and now the author of a new book about the Arab Spring.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
The Changeling
Alexander Chee considers the ways in which answering the question, “What are you?” turned him into a writer.
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When Should A Child Be Taken From His Parents?
Larisa MacFarquhar walks her readers through the experience of being investigated by children’s protective services, then of carrying out the investigation, and finally shares the stories of several families in New York City who have encountered the agency.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
To Love and Protect Each Other — From Bigotry
After Jay Deitcher sits silent as his wife is verbally assaulted by his father’s racist friend, he grapples with the ways his family has been muted by trauma.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
An American City, Inhabited Yet Abandoned
“Not a single person was killed on the day of the rioting. But the following month, May, would conclude with 41 homicides — the most the city had experienced in a month since the 1970s.”
Posted inCrime, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Anyone’s Son
Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
You Don’t Own Me
Some fans prefer small club shows, others like arena rock shows, but do we care what the bands prefer?
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Highlight, Quotes, Technology
You Have to Make Money to Make Money
Is that not how the saying goes? Someone tell Amazon.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Writing for the Movies: A Letter from Hollywood, 1962
In this classic essay about a classic American art form, legendary screenwriter Daniel Fuchs reflects on his lifetime learning the trade.
