Writing Other People’s Stories, Part II: All Great Features Are Profiles
When writing a profile, you’ll need to upend your assumptions and tour someone’s inner and outer life with radical openness.
A Tale of Two Plane Crashes
Hard Times and Not-So-Great Expectations in a Very Dickensian Aircraft Incident
8 Classic Orleans Parish Criminal Justice Cocktails
New Orleans leads the U.S. in wrongful convictions. Louisiana DAs have opposed criminal justice reform. I need a drink.
Khmer Home Cooking: Bobor Sam Jok
As part of our Slow Noodles project, Clara Kim cooks a delicious bobor sam jok—rice porridge with pork, garlic, ginger, and CHILI
A Resolution Rhyme for 2018
More quiet coffees at first blush of light.
More showing up to the pages to write…
Cambodian Connection
The assignment that launched two trips to Cambodia, a book project, and a life-changing friendship.
The Mariscada at the End of the World
Eating and Drinking Well on the Camino de Santiago
Hard-Won Lessons for Our Second Camino
Six lessons we learned (the hard way) on our first pilgrimage made our second Camino all the better.
A Player’s Gotta Play
How a madcap obstacle race complete with fire, mud, and barbaric hordes can soothe an aging athlete’s broken heart.
