Despite working for a design firm with an office in Wyoming and loving John McPhee, I’d forgotten this passage from his seminal Annals of the Former World: The most inclement stretch of [Interstate] 80 is east of Rawlins where it skirts the top of the Medicine Bows, where anemometers set on guardrails beside the highway … Continue reading On the winds of Wyoming
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On 7 things from last week (4/10/17)
Draft No. 4 by John McPhee. I've already written about this, but I really enjoyed this book of meta-journalism. Textbook Amy Krause Rosenthal by Amy Krause Rosenthal. A lovely, whimsical book of jokes, observations, and oddities underlined by the sadness of the author's dying too early at only age 51. Running with Our Eyes Closed. … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (4/10/17)
On story structure and John McPhee
Over the past week I’ve enjoyed flipping through John McPhee’s Draft No. 4, a collection of essays outlining his approach to writing and journalism. His essay on “structure” may be the most satisfying part of the group. McPhee is rightly famous for his thoughtful story structures, many of which upend the traditional chronological narrative. There’s … Continue reading On story structure and John McPhee
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