Carl Zimmer expounds on John McPhee

Nieman Storyboard can be counted on to give us something worth posting every week or two. So can John McPhee. Now, the two meet as part of a series, “Why’s this so good?” NASW member Carl Zimmer deconstructs McPhee's 1987 article on the Mississippi River, “Atchafalaya.” Says Zimmer: “I get the sense that McPhee spends every waking hour gathering observations, stories and plain facts that he stores away for articles he may not write for decades to come.”

July 10, 2011

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