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  • In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction

    • ASIN: 0393326659
    • ISBN: 0393326659
    • Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    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.Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Le... [Read More]

  • The Best Creative Nonfiction (Vol. 3): 3

    • ASIN: 0393330257
    • ISBN: 0393330257
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    “Intelligent but accessible, and often poignant . . . [by] the biggest talents on the essay and blog beat.” ―Publishers Weekly (on Vol. 2) Anyone still asking, “What is creative nonfiction?” will find the answer in this collection of artfully crafted, true stories. Selected by Lee Gutkind, the “godfather behind creative nonfiction,” a... [Read More]

  • The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1

    • UPC: 000393330036
    • ASIN: 0393330036
    • ISBN: 0393330036
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    Narrative nonfiction at its cutting-edge best from writers at the cusp of recognition and fame. Lee Gutkind, proclaimed the "Godfather behind creative nonfiction" by Vanity Fair, along with the staff of his landmark journal Creative Nonfiction, has culled alternative publications, 'zines, blogs, podcasts, literary journals, and other often overlook... [Read More]

  • In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction

    • ASIN: 0393314928
    • ISBN: 0393314928
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    Welcome to the first anthology to identify and celebrate a new nonfiction form: the Short!Something is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational, complete in themselves, and short―very short. Although the... [Read More]

  • Crafting The Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction

    • UPC: 884381314006
    • ASIN: 1582977968
    • ISBN: 1582977968
    • Brand: Writer's Digest
    • Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

    Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to "the pursuit of mental rabbits"—a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy and antiquated, the truth is that the personal essay is an ever-changing creati... [Read More]

  • You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction--from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between

    • ASIN: 0738215546
    • ISBN: 0738215546
    • Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

    From "the godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, "reminiscent of Stephen King's fiction handbook On Writing" (Kirkus). Whether you're writing a rags-to-riches tell-all memoir or literary journalism, telling true stories well is hard work. In You Can't Make... [Read More]

  • Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 1328987809
    • ISBN: 9781328987808
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

    “This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science,” New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. “Things aren’t perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before.” Th... [Read More]

  • Now Write! Nonfiction: Memoir, Journalism and Creative Nonfiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers (Now Write! Series)

    • ASIN: 1585427586
    • ISBN: 1585427586
    • Brand: Brand: Tarcher
    • Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee

    An essential handbook for nonfiction writers, featuring the trusted personal writing exercises of today's masters of creative non-fiction, including Gay Talese, Reza Aslan, John Matteson, Tilar Mazzeo, and many more! Beginners and seasoned writers alike will relish the opportunity to use the top-notch writing exercises collected in Now Write! Nonfi... [Read More]

  • The Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic & Creative Nonfiction

    • ASIN: 0892552417
    • ISBN: 0892552417
    • Brand: Brand: Persea
    • Manufacturer: Persea

    A concise anthology of superb classic and creative nonfiction from the twentieth century. This anthology of seventeen modern essays shows the form at its most varied and dramatic. Purposefully concise, it gathers together exemplars of the personal narrative, the argument, the anecdotal essay, digressive discourse, the "open letter," and others. Som... [Read More]

  • Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

    • ASIN: 1416531742
    • ISBN: 1416531742
    • Brand: Touchstone
    • Manufacturer: Touchstone

    From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this indispensable anthology brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty contemporary writers including Cheryl Strayed, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, and more.Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teache... [Read More]

  • The Best American Magazine Writing 2013

    • ASIN: 0231162251
    • ISBN: 0231162251
    • Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

    Chosen by the American Society of Magazine Editors, the stories in this anthology include National Magazine Award–winning works of public interest, reporting, feature writing, and fiction. This year's selections include Pamela Colloff (Texas Monthly) on the agonizing, decades-long struggle by a convicted murderer to prove his innocence; Dexter Fi... [Read More]

  • True Stories, Well Told: From the First 20 Years of Creative Nonfiction Magazine

    • ASIN: 1937163164
    • ISBN: 1937163164
    • Manufacturer: In Fact Books

    Creative nonfiction is the literary equivalent of jazz: it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, voices, and techniques—some newly invented, and others as old as writing itself. This collection of 20 gripping, beautifully-written nonfiction narratives is as diverse as the genre Creative Nonfiction magazine has helped popularize. Contributions by Phill... [Read More]

  • The Best American Essays 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0544569628
    • ISBN: 0544569628
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    “Writing an essay is like catching a wave,” posits guest editor Ariel Levy. “To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water.” This year’s writers are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted a wide range of pieces awash in a diversity of moods, voices, and stances. Leaving an abusive marriage, parting with a younger se... [Read More]

  • The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2

    • ASIN: 0393330249
    • ISBN: 0393330249
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    "Blending precise research and astute observation with flavorful, fascinating narratives."―Publishers Weekly, starred review (for Vol. 1) From Lee Gutkind, the "Godfather behind creative narrative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair), and the staff of the landmark literary journal Creative Nonfiction comes this fresh collection of fact-based personal narrat... [Read More]

  • Creative Colleges: Finding the Best Programs for Aspiring Actors, Artists, Designers, Dancers, Musicians, Writers, and More

    • UPC: 760789263330
    • ASIN: 149264711X
    • ISBN: 149264711X
    • Brand: SOURCEBKS
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

    You're 100% unique. Your college should be too!Finding the creative college that best suits you doesn't have to be hard. Creative Colleges is a terrific starting point in your search, plus it'll be your trusted handbook as you work your way toward admission to just the right academic home for you. This comprehensive guide for creative students feat... [Read More]

  • The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers

    • ASIN: 0984616667
    • ISBN: 9780984616664
    • Brand: Brand: Rose Metal Press
    • Manufacturer: Rose Metal Press

    Literary Nonfiction. Writing Reference. Unmatched in its focus on a concise and popular emerging genre, THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH NONFICTION features 26 eminent writers, editors, and teachers offering expert analysis, focused exercises, and helpful examples of what make the brief essay form such a perfect medium for experime... [Read More]

  • Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume II: North Carolina

    • ASIN: 1680031392
    • ISBN: 1680031392
    • Manufacturer: Texas Review Press

    Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. This North Carolina volume, second in the series, contains essays that celebrate and document the Tar Heel state’s divers... [Read More]

  • Impossible Owls: Essays

    • ASIN: 0374175330
    • ISBN: 0374175330
    • Manufacturer: FSG Originals

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR ART OF THE ESSAY.One of Amazon, Buzzfeed, ELLE, Electric Literature and Pop Sugar's Best Books of 2018. Named one of the Best Books of October and Fall by Amazon, Buzzfeed, TIME, Vulture, The Millions and Vol. 1 Brooklyn.“Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illumi... [Read More]

  • How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

    • ASIN: 0525537090
    • ISBN: 0525537090
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

    AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   “How To will make you laugh as you learn…With How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight edification, you won't go wrong with How To.” —CNET   “[How To] has science and ... [Read More]

  • The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

    • ASIN: 140003356X
    • ISBN: 140003356X
    • Brand: Vintage Books
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in ... [Read More]

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