Archive - Driver

BOOK COVER REVEAL! Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company

Arkansas Photographer Liz Sanders spent the past four years working with me on Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s…

Apr 23 •

March 2024

Calling from the landline

My four years investigating the meatpacking industry

Mar 20 •

February 2024

Lukas Work-in-Progress Award Shortlist

Announced by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Feb 28 •

January 2024

the book manuscripts

I turned in a book manuscript in November, and my next manuscript is due in March. I like the commitment that books require, what they demand of me, and…

Jan 16 •

December 2023

things I loved this year

Sleeping well & remembering the importance of rest Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice This photo by photographer Ricci Shyrock…

Dec 15, 2023 •

The one story I reported this year

Diving—and Dying—for Red Gold: The Human Cost of Honduran Lobster

Dec 7, 2023 •

October 2023

A $20,000 fact-checking budget

Authors, not publishers, are responsible for the accuracy of nonfiction books.

Oct 23, 2023 •

My interview with writer Elena Poniatowska for the Library of Congress

In March, I interviewed Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska at her home in Mexico City for the Library of Congress. The interview was published today with…

Oct 5, 2023 •

August 2023

Running territory is writing territory

Running as a continuation of thought

Aug 14, 2023 •

chasing bats with Truman Capote's ghost

all the artists get together at Yaddo

Aug 3, 2023 •

July 2023

“There are times when I haven’t written for six months but I know I’m still a poet. I’m reading and loving and feeding the dog.” - poet Ada Limón during…

Jul 7, 2023 •

April 2023

at the intersection of child labor & incarcerated labor

“Well, I got incarcerated. Oh, I was 14.” - former Arkansas incarcerated person released after 26 years

Apr 28, 2023 •

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