{"id":11335,"date":"2024-06-14T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/06\/14\/narrative-nonfiction-anthologies-new-journalism\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T18:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:42:32","slug":"narrative-nonfiction-anthologies-new-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/06\/14\/narrative-nonfiction-anthologies-new-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"The backstory of a book of backstories about stories\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">There are many worthy books about the narrative craft of great storytelling. But the story behind a story \u2014 the hurdles, dilemmas, ethical quandaries and logic puzzles invisible in a seamless final draft \u2014can be the best (and most specific) teacher. These tales are the heart of a new craft book that itself has a poignant backstory: Its path to publication embodies the narrative arc.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ugapress.org\/book\/9780820366753\/stories-can-save-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cStories Can Save Us\u201d<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Georgia Press, June 2024) is a collection of interviews with narrative journalists on their approach to the craft of true storytelling, often focused on a particular story rife with teachable moments. It is, in many ways, a fresh version of the 2006&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newnewjournalism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe New New Journalism,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;which itself is an homage to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chipublib.org\/wolfe-and-the-new-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cT<\/a>he New&nbsp;Journalism,\u201d a 1975 anthology of classics edited by Tom Wolfe. This book captures a chorus of voices from contemporary masters, many of them familiar to Storyboard readers: Tom Junod, Pamela Coloff, Chris Jones, Rachel Monroe, Eli Saslow and others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/stories-can-save-us.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11857\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/stories-can-save-us.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/stories-can-save-us-194x300.jpeg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The book was an outgrowth of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gangreythepodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gangrey the Podcast<\/a>,\u201d hosted and produced by Matt Tullis, a journalist, writer, teacher, coach and friend who loved talking about craft with other writers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Matt was earnest, kind, humble and generous in his support of the writing community. He asked terrifically specific questions about reporting and writing, gently guiding each writer through the journey of the story behind the story. I still assign these podcasts, along with the stories they dissect, in my graduate feature writing class.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Matt was diagnosed with leukemia as a child. He beat it and grew up to be an author, college professor and avid runner. He wrote a book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/matttulliswriter.com\/the-book\/\">\u201cRunning With Ghosts,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;about his battle with childhood cancer and the ghosts who accompanied him on his runs. He was putting the narrative anthology together two years ago when doctors found a new cancer \u2014 this one in his brain.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>After brain surgery in September 2022, Matt posted a selfless selfie, smiling with a bandaged head and a positive outlook: \u201cGot Wordle in Three!\u201d I teased him about starting a new headwear trend.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The next day he was gone.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Matt left behind a wife and two kids and a lot of friends sucker-punched by the unfairness of his fate. He beat cancer. As a kid. It came back at 46. This isn\u2019t how a good story should end.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>But it didn\u2019t end there. Not exactly.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Another great storyteller, ESPN senior writer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/bios\/seth-wickersham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seth Wickersham<\/a>, was a friend of Matt\u2019s. He knew of Matt\u2019s plans for the book and envisioned a way to realize that vision, amplifying Matt\u2019s influence on the jouranlists of today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>\u201cIt needed to be out there to keep hope alive for the kinds of stories he loved, that we all love,\u201d Wickerman said, \u201cnot only to help students and professionals, but as a prayer of sorts for that kind of work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Unknown-12-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Unknown-12-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Unknown-12-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>With the blessing of Matt\u2019s wife, Alyssa, Wickersham enlisted the help of other writers to get the book across the finish line. (None accepted payment for their work.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightthompson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wright Thompson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/author\/justin-heckert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Heckert<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelkruse.bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Kruse<\/a>&nbsp;interviewed other writers to complete the mix. Wickersham edited the manuscript and ghost-wrote an introduction in Matt\u2019s voice, weaving thoughts that Matt had written or said before he died. Heckert memorialized Matt in a beautiful essay and came up with the book\u2019s title \u2014 a quote Matt had tattooed on his arm.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Matt believed stories not only can save us, but make us immortal.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>\u201cIf we tell enough stories,\u201d Matt wrote, \u201cwe can all live forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit Matt\u2019s wife and kids. It also will benefit those who read it, who will learn something useful and beautiful about the craft of story work. As a bonus, they\u2019ll get to know the special man \u2014 and the writers he interviewed \u2014 immortalized in these pages.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>* * *<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><em><strong>Kim Cross<\/strong>&nbsp;is a freelance journalist and nonfiction author based in Boise, Idaho. 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