Author Archives: Meakin Armstrong

Alix Ohlin’s story in Guernica, Casino, is a top pick on the popular aggregation site, Longreads. I’m also getting more praise than usual for having run this story about some gamblers and their troubles.

  I worked on this infographic, now in the March issue of The Atlantic. Based on the working day of the school principal, I conducted many interviews, performed extensive research, and made countless revisions until it seemed just right. Check … Continue reading →

While also working for other clients, I’ve been blogging for a [confidential] client, twice a day, every weekday, for the last 4 months. Given that I was doing this while blogging for The Atlantic on sustainability—and working for other clients, … Continue reading →

José Saramago is in Guernica, with a story called “Things.” It’s an early piece, brilliant, fiction that had been rejected by all the editors (yes, editors can be such jerks). I broke it into two parts so it can be … Continue reading →

If I met you, I’m glad. I met a lot of fiction writers and liked them all (a first for me). If I didn’t—well, next time. I liked Chicago, especially The Art Institute, the Magnificent Mile, and the Chicago Tribune … Continue reading →

One of my favorite writers (and people) Peter Orner is in Guernica. The story of a guy who happened upon a murder, it’s one of the best stories I’ve published. I first met Peter at Bread Loaf and came to … Continue reading →

Breytenbach is a South African poet, novelist,  and human rights activist who spent seven years in jail for fighting apartheid.The selections in Guernica—which read like flash fiction, but are a part of a novel—are astoundingly beautiful, but searing, too. I think … Continue reading →

Poet Tomas Tranströmer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. We’ve published him. Twice.