Archive - annotations

Should I write a book? Should you?

A candid interview with author Jeremy Gordon about what writing a novel did to and for him.

Apr 21 •

March 2025

The 9-to-5 pretenders

a.k.a. social media's relatability trap.

Mar 18 •

February 2025

The truth about writer's block

It shouldn't be controversial to say that some things actually do take work and discipline.

Feb 27 •

January 2025

Media's unspoken "talent" hierarchy

One of the industry's indelicate truths: There are those who are considered “talent,” and those who are not.

Jan 27 •

December 2019

annotations: stories that lingered (2019)

another year-end "best of" list

Dec 30, 2019 •

October 2019

annotations: the only doctor for thousands of miles

Eli Saslow on a medical desert; tourism is weird and wonderful and bad; and other things I read

Oct 25, 2019 •

September 2019

annotations: a very good profile

Jiayang Fan on Constance Wu; reporting on the death of a brother; and other things I read

Sep 28, 2019 •

annotations: the universal power of storytelling

there's no actual annotated document this week fyi, but still good stuff to read

Sep 13, 2019 •

August 2019

July 2019

annotations INTERVIEW: the world's most beautiful canyon

In which Rebecca Jennings and I annotate her Vox feature on Antelope Canyon

Jul 19, 2019 •

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