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.
Print stories, radio pieces, and a few random musings nobody will publish
When writing a profile, you’ll need to upend your assumptions and tour someone’s inner and outer life with radical openness.
Writing about other people’s lives is an exercise in trust, empathy, self-awareness and humility. We don’t always get it right, but it’s our job to keep trying.
I aimed for 50 books but only managed 37. But as I look back on a year of reading adventures, I can’t find failure anywhere.
These savory coconut pancakes were Chantha Nguon’s favorite—and not just because of how they tasted.
Hard Times and Not-So-Great Expectations in a Very Dickensian Aircraft Incident
New Orleans leads the U.S. in wrongful convictions. Louisiana DAs have opposed criminal justice reform. I need a drink.
As part of our Slow Noodles project, Clara Kim cooks a delicious bobor sam jok—rice porridge with pork, garlic, ginger, and CHILI
More quiet coffees at first blush of light.
More showing up to the pages to write…