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Margalit Fox on Life, Death, and the Best Job in Journalism
Margalit Fox on Life, Death, and the Best Job in Journalism
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The stereotypical obituary is a formulaic recitation of facts — dry, boring, and without craft. But Margalit Fox has shown the genre can produce some of the most memorable and moving stories in journalism. Exploiting its “pure narrative arc,” Fox has penned over 1,200 obituaries, covering well-known and obscure subjects with equal aplomb. In her conversation with Tyler Cowen, Fox reveals not only the process for writing an obituary, but her thoughts on life, death, storytelling, puzzle-solving, her favorite cellist, and how it came to be that an economist sang opera 86 times at the Met. Transcript and links Follow Margalit on Twitter Follow Tyler on Twitter More CWT goodness: Facebook Twitter Instagram Email
Released:
Aug 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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