"The Making of Narrative Non-fiction: From Idea to Best Seller" moderated by John Stauffer

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  • Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

    • ASIN: 0226318168
    • ISBN: 0226318168
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    From the work of the New Journalists in the 1960s, to the New Yorker essays of John McPhee, Susan Orlean, Atul Gawande, and a host of others, to blockbuster book-length narratives such as Mary Roach’s Stiff or Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City, narrative nonfiction has come into its own. Yet writers looking for guidance on reporting and wr... [Read More]

  • In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction

    • ASIN: 0393326659
    • ISBN: 0393326659
    • 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. 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]

  • The Elements of Narrative Nonfiction: How to Write & Sell the Novel of True Events

    • ASIN: 1884956912
    • ISBN: 1884956912
    • Brand: Brand: Linden Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Quill Driver Books

    Name some of the huge bestselling books over the years--""In Cold Blood; All the President's Men; The Perfect Storm; Black Hawk Down; Longitude; Jarhead""--and they all have one thing in common; they all read like novels. Author and agent Peter Rubie shows the reader how to join journalistic research with riveting, character-driven prose to create ... [Read More]

  • The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 4

    • ASIN: 1574416707
    • ISBN: 1574416707
    • Manufacturer: University of North Texas Press

    This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, an event hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. -First place winner: Stephanie McCrummen, “An American Void” (The Washington Post), focuse... [Read More]

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    • UPC: 800759284993
    • ASIN: 0486284999
    • ISBN: 9780486284996
    • Brand: Dover Publications
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a... [Read More]

  • Saved by the Boats: The Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11 (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)

    • ASIN: 1515702758
    • ISBN: 1515702758
    • Brand: Gassman Julie
    • Size: 7 Ounces
    • Manufacturer: Capstone Press

    September 11, 2001 was a black day in U.S. history. Amid the chaos, sea captains and crews raced by boat to the tragic Manhattan scene. Nearly 500,000 people on Manhattan Island were rescued that day in what would later be called the largest sea evacuation in history. In this rarely told story of heroism, we come to understand that in our darkest h... [Read More]

  • The Best American Newspaper Narratives of 2012

    • ASIN: 1574415492
    • ISBN: 1574415492
    • Brand: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
    • Manufacturer: University of North Texas Press

    This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2012 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative work and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling a... [Read More]

  • Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives (African American)

    • UPC: 800759409129
    • ASIN: 0486409120
    • ISBN: 0486409120
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    In the late 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration embarked upon a project to interview 100 former American slaves. The result of that unique undertaking is this collection of authentic firsthand accounts documenting the lives of men and women once held in bondage in the antebellum South.In candid, often blunt narr... [Read More]

  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    • ASIN: 152473165X
    • ISBN: 152473165X
    • Brand: Knopf
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Teaching Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms: Best Practices to Help Children Read, Write, and Learn from Nonfiction (Best Practices in Action)

    • ASIN: 1462522262
    • ISBN: 1462522262
    • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

    Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction. The book presents lessons, read-alouds, and activities that motivate students to engage with a wide variety of exemplary texts. Links to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are... [Read More]

  • The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)

    • ASIN: B002TXZS8A
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • 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]

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: 0547577311
    • ISBN: 0547577311
    • Brand: Clarion Books
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

    The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys"... [Read More]

  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    • ASIN: 0307742482
    • ISBN: 0307742482
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   -  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable BookNamed a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, NPR, Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub, and SlateFrom t... [Read More]

  • Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

    • ASIN: 1538729741
    • ISBN: 1538729741
    • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

    In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including... [Read More]

  • Time and Narrative, Volume 1 (Time & Narrative)

    • UPC: 000226713326
    • ASIN: 0226713326
    • ISBN: 0226713326
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    Time and Narrative builds on Paul Ricoeur's earlier analysis, in The Rule of Metaphor, of semantic innovation at the level of the sentence. Ricoeur here examines the creation of meaning at the textual level, with narrative rather than metaphor as the ruling concern.Ricoeur finds a "healthy circle" between time and narrative: time is humanized to th... [Read More]

  • Thank You for My Service

    • ASIN: 1524796492
    • ISBN: 1524796492
    • Manufacturer: Bantam

    The unapologetic, laugh-your-ass-off military memoir both vets and civilians have been waiting for, from a five-tour Army Ranger turned YouTube phenomenon and zealous advocate for veterans  Members of the military’s special operations branches share a closely guarded secret: They love their jobs. They relish the opportunity to fight. They are th... [Read More]

  • The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

    • ASIN: 1419718789
    • ISBN: 1419718789
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    National bestseller2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui.   This b... [Read More]

  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    • ASIN: 0062316117
    • ISBN: 9780062316110
    • Brand: Harper Perennial
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.#1 New York Times Bestseller The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg,  now available as a beautifully packaged paperbackFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bes... [Read More]

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