"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless information."
~Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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Poynter Online columns from Nov. 2002-Current
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- My cancer time bomb
- Leave Me Alone, AARP
- The Hardest Habit to Kick: A Confession
Audio: A commentary on National Public Radio - "The Only Honest Man"
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Reporting
- "Made in the Shade"
A package on Southern writers: profiles, interviews and an 11-state directory of writers you may never have heard of but are worth your time. Appeared in Creative Loafing chain. - "Mass Appeal"
A day-in-the-life profile of a telegenic parish priest in Miami. Published in Catholic Digest, reprinted in the St. Petersburg Times - "The Liberation of Tam Minh Pham"
How the first West Point graduate from South Vietnam disappears after the fall of Saigon, only to be rescued by his classmates two decades later. A cover story in The Washington Post Magazine
Fiction
- Holly Wreaths Across America
A map of newspapers in the U.S. who published "The Holly Wreath Man" serial novel since 2003. - "The Needle" - A Work in Progress
Battling for Men's Minds - "Mad Looper"
A Caddy's Life
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Keeping Newspapers Alive with Great Storytelling - robcurley.com
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Was he being humble for his accomplishments or making the subtle point that what appears useless is often not?
Posted by: Nicholas | January 09, 2007 at 04:12 PM
... and so it should be; this, in my view, is the foundation of literary art.
Posted by: Wayne | February 01, 2007 at 09:00 AM