The Stacks Reader Series highlights classic literary nonfiction and short fiction by great journalists that would otherwise be lost to history—a living archive of memorable storytelling by notable authors. Sponsored by NeoText, it is curated by Alex Belth and published by The Sager Group.net.
Walt Harrington has been one of the most impactful journalists in the modern wave of long-form creative nonfiction. The Detective: And Other True Stories features some of the highlights of Harrington’scareer as an award-winning author, Washington Post Magazine writer, journalism professor/university administrator, and mentor to several generations of writers.
For Acts of Creation, award-winning journalist Walt Harrington travels America searching for the magical nexus of craft, talent, and mastery that gives birth to a functional work of art—and leaves its maker with a sense of satisfaction and achievement known well to fine craftsmen across the ages.
NEXT WAVE collects work by today’s finest young literary journalists– 19 creative reporters whose work combines exhaustive research with artful writing. Naysayers predicted the decline of long-form journalism. NEXT WAVE is proof to the contrary.
Writers include: Wright Thompson, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Chris Jones, Ariel Levy, Dan P. Lee, Thomas Lake, Brian Mockenhaupt, Max Potter, Luke Dittrich.