Tag Archives: The Wichita Eagle

What we’re reading, second edition: in which we offer soccer balls, the Book of Revelation and a visit to the Khyber Pass

In our new installment of written work worth checking out, we encourage you to think about the history of the soccer ball, the awesomeness that was the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, the expanding ramifications of the oil disaster in the Gulf, the many things we receive from our parents, and one former Marine’s problem with the [...]

The Wichita Eagle uses narrative to connect to local, larger audience

This weekend, The Wichita Eagle started an interesting storytelling experiment. Well, actually the experiment started a few weeks ago, when they posted a trailer for an upcoming narrative project on Kansas.com. Book trailers (like this one, for a work of fiction) are getting more and more popular, and last year, the Los Angeles Times ran a trailer [...]

Once a Cowboy

With this story, it seems to us, Wenzl and his editors (Polly Basore, Kevin McGrath and Marcia Werts) took a gamble. Would people read a story about a ranch? About a family trying to save it? Turns out Wenzl had writer’s luck: He discovered a compelling dramatic complication—an estranged son—and witnessed its resolution.
Wenzl evokes [...]