From Staff Writer Lindsay Kalter, whose interview with public radio's Ira Glass can be read here: For Ira Glass, the dryness of the term "literary nonfiction" conjures up images of schoolroom boredom. But his Saturday presentation on the subject was...
We'll be posting more later about Mayborn keynote speaker Ira Glass -- who delivered what was by all accounts a knockout presentation on Saturday, then stuck around to sign books and CDs until after midnight -- later. But I want...
The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference is offering $15,000 in prizes to narrative writers who take part in the annual gathering. Personal essays, reporting-and-research-based narratives and book manuscripts are eligible. The best work will be published in the journal Ten Spurs,...
As always when writing about the Mayborn, I really wanted to spin this note as a narrative: "Feeling fatigued yet doggedly determined to serve the readers of Texas, the editor cracked his knuckles, sipped his coffee and faced his computer."...
The University of North Texas today announced it would offer a new certificate in narrative journalism (details here). Of more general interest is how the press release noted that this year's Mayborn Literary Conference of the Southwest, to be held...
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