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Last Chance to Join Our Reported Feature Mentorship
Want to learn how to craft a longform story that demands attention from editors and readers?
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Brendan Spiegel
✏️🛠️ How Narratively Contributor Laurie Gwen Shapiro Landed Her First Nonfiction Book Deal
A Q&A with the author of a hit book about an extraordinary adventure to Antarctica.
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Abbey Perreault
In This Family, the Automobile Represented Both Extreme Chaos and Ultimate Freedom
Cars had an outsized impact on Nancy A. Nichols’s life growing up: They liberated her and her mom, forever changed her father and briefly reunited her…
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Nancy A. Nichols
The Audacious Tabloid Couple Who Scammed Their Way Into New York's High Society
The vaudeville dancer and his beguiling Parisian wife arrived in Manhattan in 1911 with secret identities in tow. They enjoyed wealth and notoriety for…
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Lauren Harkawik
✏️🛠️ How Much ‘Fiction’ Are We OK With in Our Nonfiction?
Authors depend on memories to craft memoirs and personal essays—but memory is fallible. We asked four nonfiction writers which rules they’re willing to…
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Marisa Charpentier
The Secrets in My Mother’s Nightstand
When I was little, nothing made me feel closer to Mom than rifling through her prized possessions.
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Sophia Glock
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The Pirate Radio Broadcaster Who Occupied Alcatraz and Terrified the FBI
Fifty years ago, John Trudell overcame tragedy to become the national voice for Native Americans—and a model for a new generation of activists.
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Jacob Pagano
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Shout Out: What Kinds of Craft Stories Do You Want to See on Narratively?
The craft of writing and making a writing life are among our very favorite topics to explore. So, we want to hear from you, dear reader: What are your…
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The 4 Best Reported Features I've Ever Worked On
Writing about everything from a cookie factory to a CIA plot to a legal feud 30,000 feet up in the air, these journalists all used in-depth reporting to…
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Brendan Spiegel
It’s Amazing What a Haircut Can Do to a Person
After spending most of his childhood with a shaved head, Jerald Walker finally swears off the cut. Much to his chagrin, it turns out the style isn’t…
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Jerald Walker
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And the Cure for Millennial Burnout Is...This Giant Penguin
Pengsoo was created for children’s television, yet it became such a surprise sensation with adults that it was named South Korea’s person of the year…
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Jimin Kang
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✏️🛠️ Being in a Literary Couple Is Every Writer’s Biggest Fear. But Spoiler: It’s Actually Pretty Great
We spoke to Nina Sharma and Quincy Scott Jones about Nina’s new book, The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown, how they inspire breakthroughs…
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Jesse Sposato
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