Comments for Graeme Wood http://gcaw.net Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About me by A Pandora for narrative nonfiction: Byliner.com launches with high hopes and a sleek site » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism http://gcaw.net/about-2/#comment-248 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:02:11 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/about-2/#comment-248 [...] Tayman said. For instance, one of the site’s highlighted “emerging writers” is Graeme Wood, a contributing editor to The Atlantic who also freelances for several other publications. On [...]

]]> Comment on Can you win the Medal of Honor for jumping on a mango? by Steve Stibbens http://gcaw.net/2010/09/15/can-you-win-the-medal-of-honor-for-jumping-on-a-mango/#comment-184 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:28:43 +0000 http://gcaw.net/?p=503#comment-184 I know a fellow who, inVietnam, fell on a live grenade that rolled out of an ammo dump but it failed to detonate. He got a commendation medal for attempting to save lives around him.

]]> Comment on V. S. Naipaul in Africa by Seth http://gcaw.net/2010/10/27/v-s-naipaul-in-africa/#comment-183 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:13:36 +0000 http://gcaw.net/?p=505#comment-183 Best served by looking for an anthropologist, huh? Got any recommendations? ;)

]]> Comment on Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death-Row Inmates by brandon s http://gcaw.net/2008/02/01/lets-harvest-the-organs-of-death-row-inmates/#comment-182 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:06:20 +0000 http://gcw.ericabrahamsen.net/?p=23#comment-182 i believe that we should harvest the organs of deathrow inmates. The death of someone that is already dying could save the life of 12 other people who still have their life ahead of them.

]]> Comment on Joseph Kony’s Hike to, and from, Hell by Peter http://gcaw.net/2010/04/08/joseph-konys-hike-to-and-from-hell/#comment-157 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:50:13 +0000 http://gcaw.net/?p=443#comment-157 For an in-depth look at Kony and the LRA, see the book, First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army.

]]> Comment on Dangers in Arabia Felix by El Oso » Archive » Getting to Know the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Azerbaijan http://gcaw.net/2009/11/11/dangers-in-arabia-felix/#comment-135 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:20:46 +0000 http://gcaw.net/?p=379#comment-135 [...] future destinations and the experiences that may lie in wait. Yemen – despite Graeme’s recent talk of impending implosion (more from Tarek Amr on Global Voices) – is still high on my list, and I feel fortunate that [...]

]]> Comment on Does Bob Dylan Talk Like a Finn? by David Sasaki http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-109 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:26:23 +0000 http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-109 Oh man – the cyberhipsters are gonna have so much fun making a mashup of those two.

]]> Comment on Does Bob Dylan Talk Like a Finn? by gcaw http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-108 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:59:40 +0000 http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-108 …and telling us whether we’ve been naughty or nice.

]]> Comment on Does Bob Dylan Talk Like a Finn? by David Sasaki http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-107 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:40:09 +0000 http://gcaw.net/2009/08/19/does-bob-dylan-talk-like-a-finn/#comment-107 Lay Lady Lay is a great song. And Dylan’s Finno-Hebraic Minnesotan-Greenwich accent might soon be telling us whether we should turn right or left.

]]> Comment on How to Survive an Albanian Blood Feud by Erjon http://gcaw.net/2008/10/09/the-accursed-custom/#comment-77 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:55:15 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-77 Words cannot express the anger and frustration I felt reading your depiction of Albania in Mental Floss magazine. Your article painted an utterly unfair and distorted portrayal of the Albanian people and their culture, something I would not expect from a writer of your caliber. The basis of your article displayed an obtuse historical outlook of Albania and a narrow focus on marginal elements of society and cultural customs, mostly taken out of context.

When I read your article I cringed at image your article provides to Americans (most of whom have never heard of Albania) about the most pro-American country in the region. Unfortunately majority will never take the time to read father about a great land blessed by an abundance of natural resources, a noble country taking it first steps of economic and political freedom, and a proud people who struggled through centuries for their culture, language and traditions. Unfortunately the only impression your readers will have it will be of the stereotype you created for them and I resent that. To put this into perspective, think if the only fact you heard about the United States that 40 percent of the country still dispute evolution (fact which is not disputed in Albania). What would be your impression of the US and Americans after that?

I urge you to take another trip to Albania and take the time to immerse yourself its culture and its people. This way you will discover much more interesting and unique details rather than skirting the country in a 50 Cent Tour. It is a breathtaking land, with to much to offer, to be cut down by underserved impressions as it is struggling to make itself known. It would my pleasure to be your guide, should you choose to do so.

Sincerely,

Erjon

]]> Comment on How to Survive an Albanian Blood Feud by Arjola http://gcaw.net/2008/10/09/the-accursed-custom/#comment-72 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:02 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-72 I believe that Graeme Wood needs to spend some more money in Albania and take a more thorough tour so that he can understand the people and the country; you get what you pay for. It’s just a shame that writer’s/reporter’s only care to include quirky/weird/and negative articles to give people skewed perceptions on topics most know nothing about. That is precisely why they get away with it because they are writing to an uneducated public. I am not saying that all his information is misunderstood, but instead of searching in the nooks and crannies of the country and spending only 2 sentences talking about how now Albanians “live modern lives” I am merely suggesting spending more time in a place you write about, after all what would you get out of NY city if you took a 50c tour? Not such a pretty view either. It’s not just about writing an entertaining article, you’re talking about a culture, a people and sharing with others and contributing to them a distorted view of reality. I
would say go to Wikipedia before you read anything else by this guy, chances are it will be much more accurate.

]]> Comment on How to Survive an Albanian Blood Feud by fecor http://gcaw.net/2008/10/09/the-accursed-custom/#comment-68 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:03:25 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-68 im from allbenia berat i leve in irland and in my city we my famyli we dont know how to gow from awr enemy i run from my contry after meny taim atacks but i survave

]]> Comment on Map of Stories by The Confabulum » Blog Archive » Sponsor This Man! http://gcaw.net/map-of-stories/#comment-59 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:14:34 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/?page_id=218#comment-59 [...] in Afghanistan, the organs of Death row inmates, international arms dealers — and on it goes. If you read just one Graeme Wood story today, you could do worse than this [...]

]]> Comment on Tour of Duty by Mark Eichenlaub http://gcaw.net/2008/03/31/tour-of-duty/#comment-3 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:27:17 +0000 http://gcaw.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-3 Wow, what an experience. I nearly went to the Kurdish areas of Iraq in 2006 and still wish I had. Nice reading some details on your trip.

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