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Short Film Saturday: The Pigeon Kings of Brooklyn
Three New Yorkers find poetry and their own religion, competing for the hearts and minds of a gaggle of pigeons high in the skies over NYC.
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Ram Devineni
What It Took to Write the Personal Essay That’s Setting the Web on Fire
Jenisha Watts, a senior editor at The Atlantic, penned a phenomenal piece that’s blowing readers away. We chatted with her about what it took to write…
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Jesse Sposato
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Narratively Is Excited to Announce Our 2023 Memoir Prize!
Submissions for our second annual Memoir Prize are open now. Read on for all the details—from the $3,000 cash prize to our bestselling memoirist guest…
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Narratively
How I Wrote Myself into a Real-life Romantic Comedy – That Turned into a Survivalist Thriller
As a filmmaker, I thought I could write the screenplay for my own love life. When I got lost in a hailstorm at 12,000 feet, searching for my ex, I…
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Melissa Johnson
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If You Were Captivated—Or Appalled!—By Our 'Therapist Sex Dare' Story...
Dive deeper into that saga and hear from the analyst herself, along with many other fascinating, complex characters on Narratively's Believable podcast.
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Noah Rosenberg
The Man Who Got America High
He chartered the Rolling Stones while smuggling Pablo Escobar’s drugs on the side. After disappearing for decades, Alfred Dellentash finally shares his…
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Jeff Maysh
Private Eyes: Our 5 Best Detective Stories
Are you a true crime obsessive like I am? Buckle up. These epic investigations make Law & Order look like child's play.
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Brendan Spiegel
Porno Power: The Next Generation
Their parents broke barriers, supporting each other through trials and tribulations during the Golden Age of Porn. Now these grown children of porn…
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Hallie Lieberman
The Obsessive Life and Mysterious Death of the Fisherman Who Discovered The Loch Ness Monster
A humble Scotsman saw something strange in the water—and daringly set out to catch it—only to have lecherous out-of-towners steal his fame and upend his…
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Paul Brown
Narratively Founders Noah and Brendan Sat on a Park Bench and Reflected on 11 Years. You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next.
We founded our company to avoid having to write clickbaity headlines like the one above! So, in honor of our anniversary, we met up to figure out why…
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Brendan Spiegel
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Noah Rosenberg
How I Learned That Treasure Hunting Isn’t Just About the Spot Marked X
After hearing about an armchair treasure hunt that had been running for decades in France, I was intrigued. Little did I know that was just the…
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Phil Hoad
The Extremely Enchanting, Totally Perplexing, Possibly Never-Ending Quest for the Golden Owl
For 30 years, this labyrinthine treasure hunt has had thousands of players cracking codes and digging up the French countryside. After a sudden death…
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Phil Hoad
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