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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A collection of essays drawn from Creative Nonfiction magazine. All are followed by short comments on the pieces by the authors, who also each with a short paragraph of advice for aspiring writers. There are some gems in this collection -- Meredith Hall's "Shunned" about being pregnant as a teenager, John McPhee's "An Album Quilt", Floyd Skloot's 'Gray Area", and Gerald Callahan's "Chimera" are powerful. However, other essays felt muddled or contrived, or just didn't resonate for me, making the pleasures of the collection uneven. (  ) bezoar44 | Jul 19, 2008 |  It took me a while to get exactly what creative nonfiction (or narrative nonfiction) means. but now I do understand it and plan to incorporate it into my writing. In some ways, I already have. Most of the selections here are engaging and illustrative of different styles. Among the memorable ones for me are: Looking at Emmett Till, Shunned, The Brown Study, Killing Wolves, and Finders Keepers. (  ) jpsnow | May 25, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Lee Gutkind collects twenty-five essays that flourished on this new ground, all originally published in the journal he founded, Creative Nonfiction, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Lauren Slater is a therapist in the institution where she was once a patient. John Edgar Wideman reacts passionately to the unjust murder of Emmett Till. Charles Simic tells of wild nights with Uncle Boris. John McPhee creates a rare, personal, album quilt. Terry Tempest Williams speaks on the decline of the prairie dog. Madison Smartt Bell invades Haiti. Many of the writers are crossing genres—from poetry and fiction to nonfiction—symbolic of Creative Nonfiction's scope and popularity.
A cross section of the famous and those bound to become so, this collection is a riveting experience highlighting the expanding importance of this dramatic and exciting new genre.
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