Trains project – Danelle Morton

More Booms In A Railroad Boomtown: The Fastest Growing Hamlet In New Mexico

August 1, 2014 - by Danelle

Union Pacific’s new train yard in Santa Teresa, New Mexico is 11.5 miles long and a mile wide. But with the deal announced in Beijing today, it might not be big enough.

“World On Fire” Finalist for The PEN Literary Non-Fiction Award

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 - by Danelle

A World On Fire: Life and Death In A New Orleans Squat is a finalist for the PenUSA literary non-fiction award, but alas did not win.

A Piece Of The Fire – – Notebooks Rescued From The Warehouse Fire Arrive In My House

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 - by Danelle

A box of items rescued from the NOLA warehouse fire arrives in my house carrying a mystery in the soot and crumbled pages.

Talk Of The Nation features “A World On Fire”

February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 - by Danelle

On The Talk Of The Nation my interview with host Neal Conan was surprisingly cheerful considering the subject was eight young people who died in a fire. The callers, both adults who had been travelers and kids who were traveling, talked not about danger, but about the joy of pure freedom and few responsibilities.

Travelers – – World On Fire featured on WBUR “Here And Now”

February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 - by Danelle

WBUR “Here and Now” featured my Boston Review story, and the comments posted under it show how much the traveling kids’ lifestyle of hopping trains and scrounging a livelihood intrigues, infuriates and touches people’s imaginations.

Canadian Drive Time Radio features “A World On Fire”

February 20, 2012February 20, 2012 - by Danelle

My appearance on Montreal drive-time radio surprised me as the interviewer wanted to speak about my daughter and me, not about those who died in the fire.