Advanced Creative Nonfiction

Name: Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781350067806
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A Writer's Guide and Anthology

By Dr Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson

Series: Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies

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Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers’ Guide and Anthology provides expert guidance on writing creative nonfiction across various forms including memoir, lyric essay, and travel writing. It explores the genre's history, ethical considerations, and cutting-edge revision and publishing techniques. The book features an anthology of contemporary works, discussions on truth and memory, plus practical prompts and exercises to develop advanced craft skills.
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This book is ideal for advanced creative writers, educators, and students seeking to deepen their understanding of nonfiction craft, ethics, and publication strategies. It suits those eager to explore innovative approaches beyond conventional definitions and to engage with a broad range of nonfiction forms.

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Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers’ Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form—including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more—while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers innovative strategies and ideas beyond what’s traditionally covered.

Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers’ Guide and Anthology also includes:

An anthology of contemporary creative nonfiction by some of today’s most inventive and celebrated writers
Advanced explorations into the craft of creative nonfiction across forms
In-depth discussion of truth, ethics, and memory
Practical advice on revision, editing, research, and publishing
Writing prompts and exercises throughout the textbook

A companion website is also available for the book at http://www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/advanced-creative-nonfiction.

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Advanced Creative Nonfiction is praised for setting a new standard in teaching the genre, offering engaging, thoughtful chapters that blend craft instruction with deep human insight. Reviewers highlight its comprehensive coverage of both traditional and emerging forms, a flexible approach to truth and fiction, and a diverse anthology that showcases the brilliance of contemporary writers. The authors are noted as trustworthy and insightful guides in the field.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350067806

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 24 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 352

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Biography & Memoir Dr Sean Prentiss Education & Reference Jessica Hendry Nelson Non-Fiction Series: Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies

About the Author

Sean Prentiss is Associate Professor of English at Norwich University, USA. He is author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave (2015), which won the National Outdoor Book Award for Biography/History. He is also author of Crosscut: Poems (2020), and co-editor of The Science of Story: The Brain Behind Creative Nonfiction (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Jessica Hendry Nelson is the author of the memoir If Only You People Could Follow Directions (2014) which was selected as a best debut book by the Indies Introduce New Voices program, the Indies Next List by the American Booksellers’ Association, and named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA and teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA.

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