Neal ThompsonOprah.com: How to Raise a Carefree Kid, Even If You’re TerrifiedI was in our backyard, flipping burgers, Dick Dale twanging through kitchen windows, when every parent’s nightmare arrived, all crunching…Jul 21, 2019Jul 21, 2019
Neal ThompsonRaising Whooping, All-Body, All-Joy Boys: A Q&A with Karen RussellKaren Russell: Our son is 2 years old and he already seems to have a risk:reward limbic calculator steering him towards thrilling risk; I…May 25, 2019May 25, 2019
Neal ThompsonHow to Tell Your Family That You’re Writing a MemoirI didn’t intend for it to be a memoir. I swear. It just kept tilting in that direction.May 14, 2018May 14, 2018
Neal ThompsonHow to Maintain Your Writing MomentumIn the cafeteria of a Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry, headphones on and laptop glowing, I’m surprised at how many others, like me, are drinking…Jan 27, 20181Jan 27, 20181
Neal ThompsonPlayground(originally appeared in What to Read in the Rain, an anthology published by 826 Seattle, 2014)Jul 19, 2014Jul 19, 2014
Neal ThompsonThe ‘Believe It or Not’ Life of Ripley(This essay originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal, May 2013)May 23, 2014May 23, 2014
Neal ThompsonBrave Horse Sessions: An Interview with Walter Kirn, author of “Blood Will Out”(This story first appeared on the Amazon Books blog, Omnivoracious.com) May 23, 2014May 23, 2014