Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. When Stephanie Hanes set out to write her first, forthcoming book, about an environmental project in Mozambique ...

There is something bold about a story that starts with “I.” It doesn’t wait for permission. It pulls you in, hands you the narrator’s shoes, and says, “Walk with me.” First-person point of view is one ...

Here’s a true/false question from my introductory literature midterm exam: “The use of first-person narration means there can be only one character in a story.” The answer is, of course, false, an ...