Classes, Instructor Work, News, Uncategorized
THE Class for Longform
There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. —Ursula K. LeGuin Taught by New York Times food writer Kelly Alexander and Harper’s Magazine contributing editor (and CDS Writer in Residence) Duncan Murrell, this intense workshop, for undergraduate and graduate student, will make you a [...]
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Inspiration, Instructor Work, News, Why Documentary Writing?
Why Documentary Writing?
by Duncan Murrell 1. You were a kid back then, in the early 1980s, maybe you had some rock posters, Queen and AC/DC possibly, and your folks listened to that old bluegrass and hummed hymns after church on Sundays. The territory of your childhood seemed old, dark, inscrutable and therefore forgettable. It was something to resist. You [...]
Continue ReadingThe Future of Longform
From today’s journalism.co.uk: The past couple of years have seen a number of projects and publications launch offering long-form reads; in-depth articles that are perhaps 5,000 words or more in length. The New York-based Atavist started last year; BBC Future, the new technology, science, environment and health-focused site from BBC.com, was unveiled six months ago; Aeon, a UK-based [...]
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News, Professor Diablo's True Revue
A Letter from Professor Diablo
Professor Diablo writes: This message was typed on a device powered by electricity taken from a grid distributing energy transformed by coal plants, nuclear plants, hydroelectric dams, wind farms, and solar cells. Power arrived at our station invisible to the human eye, uniform, predictably alternating its direction of flow, unmarked and indistinguishable moment by moment. We [...]
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William Bartram’s “Travels”
William Bartram, along with his father John, were the most prominent of the early American naturalists. Father John was a scientist and adviser to statesmen; his son William was dreamier, a poet dressed in scientist’s garb. They were both great explorers of the American South, which in their day (late 18th century) was a vast [...]
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