Cuts in publishing and book reviewing imperil the future of narrative nonfiction, and our understanding of the world around ...

For twenty years, the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference has been both church and carnival for lovers of narrative journalism. This year it moves to the UNT campus in Denton, October 24–25.

As we’ve told you, a particular slice of the common standards in English/language arts has become pretty flammable lately: the rise of nonfiction reading. The standards’ expectation that students read ...

Do you know the site Essay Daily, edited by Ander Monson and Craig Reinbold? It's a valuable platform for conversation about essays and essayists, and a few weeks back Craig asked if I'd like to write ...

Say the word "essay," and most people, after first reliving the plunging, Sunday-night dreads from high school, will think "homework." This will be followed, perhaps, by a terrifying flashback to ...