<DIV><B>Inspiring stories and practical advice from America?s most respected journalists</B><p> The country?s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard?s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. <I>Telling True Stories</I> presents their best advice?covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including:<BR> ? <B>Tom Wolfe</B> on the emotional core of the story<BR> ? <B>Gay Talese</B> on writing about private lives<BR> ? <B>Malcolm Gladwell</B> on the limits of profiles<BR> ? <B>Nora Ephron</B> on narrative writing and screenwriters<BR> ? <B>Alma Guillermoprieto</B> on telling the story and telling the truth<BR> ? Dozens of Pulitzer Prize?winning journalists from the <I>Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post</I> and more . . .<p> The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, <I>Telling True Stories</I> will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.<BR><BR></DIV>