{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Nieman Storyboard","provider_url":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org","author_name":"commonmedia","author_url":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/author\/commonmedia\/","title":"Full life, tight space? Consider narrative shorthand. - Nieman Storyboard","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fvOzwJN74g\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2013\/10\/17\/full-life-tight-space-consider-narrative-shorthand\/\">Full life, tight space? Consider narrative shorthand.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2013\/10\/17\/full-life-tight-space-consider-narrative-shorthand\/embed\/#?secret=fvOzwJN74g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Full life, tight space? Consider narrative shorthand.&#8221; &#8212; Nieman Storyboard\" data-secret=\"fvOzwJN74g\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"An interesting writing move recently caught my eye in Rosalind Bentley&#8217;s Atlanta Journal-Constitution profile of poet laureate Natasha Trethewey. For lack of a better name, I\u2019ll call it the &#8220;narrative overview,&#8221; and I now see it everywhere. In Bentley&#8217;s profile, this overview is expressed as a litany of verbless sentences, each revealing \u2014 with brevity [&hellip;]"}