SFR will forever lay claim to Julia Goldberg as "our own," but in reality, it's been six years since she left the position of editor here after holding it for more than a decade. She went on to become a full-time faculty member at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design and is this very semester teaching some of the final courses at the school set to close next summer. Her book will no doubt land in lots more classrooms. It isn't just her own brand of wisdom and humor (though there's a ton of that); it's nuggets from journalists across the nation. Before you get all down on the inverted pyramid, Goldberg is way into what they used to call "the new journalism," the kind where reporting and the craft of writing produce nonfiction that reads like a novel. If you wanna do that, each of the 10 chapters give prompts for writing exercises you can try, plus page upon page of other recommended reading. Know your enemy. It might even be you. (JAG)