Charlie Pierce's story on Magic Johnson after he announced he had AIDS, "The Magic Act," (Esquire? or GQ?) was a wonderful showcase for his...
I appreciate the kind words from some folks on this thread. It really is nice to hear. As for the less kind: I like dealing in truth, which is...
By definition? Well, I'm not sure I agree with the cited definition. New twists on old phrases aren't necessarily trite to me, unless in and of...
Let me point out a couple things: First, my friend was just starting out in the business, age 23 or so, first job, small-town paper, making an...
This isn't a correction, but it's in the ballpark on the idiocy scale. Nigh two decades ago, a buddy of mine wrote a lede on a multi-position...
I'm (very) late to this party, but "very" is useless. Unless you're Billy Donovan, who never uses just one very when he's talking. It's always...
Lem: I think it's an ambitious attempt at being stylish, and I (almost) always applaud a writer who tries to get outside the box and draw the...
True story: I was reading Brian Bennett's blog, raptly, up until the time he was ejected. I'd gone to a birthday party at my brother-in-law's, and...
Thanks for the opportunity, definitely. Love the work. I wonder, Tom, if we've all occasionally allowed ourselves to be taken by an embellished...
Great story, great writer. tom junod has written more good stories than i can even remember, but i do recall a phrase from a story he did years...
I've known Mike for a lot of years -- not exceptionally well, but we've had a few beers together at events and stuff like that. Great guy, despite...
Interesting that this topic came up. I wrote this lede about four weeks ago, before BK broke the all-time victories record: Bob Knight is...
It's an honor to be called out by an overgrown elf. I think. For the record, here's the genesis of our "dispute". This was the lede on a story I...
Somebody mentioned Gary Smith's piece on an Indian reservation earlier in the thread. The story was "Shadow of a Nation," I believe, about Crow...
At severe risk of hijacking a most compelling thread, here goes, in the direction of Almost Famous: Good God almighty yes, you need access to do...
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