{"product_id":"bending-genre-9781501386060","title":"Bending Genre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver since the term \"creative nonfiction\" first came into widespread use, memoirists and journalists, essayists and fiction writers have faced off over where the border between fact and fiction lies. An early and influential book on questions of form in creative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eBending Genre\u003c\/i\u003e asks not where the boundaries between the genres should be drawn, but what happens when you push the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe expanded second edition doubles the first edition with 23 new essays that broaden the exploration of hybridity, structure, unconventionality, and resistance in creative nonfiction, pushing the conversation forward in diverse and exciting ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for writers and students of creative writing, this collection brings together perspectives from leading writers of creative nonfiction, including Michael Martone, Brenda Miller, Ander Monson, David Shields, Kazim Ali—and in the new edition—Catina Bacote, Ira Sukrungruang, Ingrid Horrocks, Elena Passarello, and Aviya Kushner. Each writer's innovative essay probes our notions of genre and investigates how creative nonfiction is shaped, modelling the forms of writing being discussed. Like creative nonfiction itself, \u003ci\u003eBending Genre\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting hybrid that breaks new ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures in the second edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUpdated introduction to the new edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExpanded sections on Hybrids, Structures, and \"Unconventions\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA new section on Resistances\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e50 essays in all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460249338092,"sku":"9781501386060","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781501386060-bending-genre.jpg?v=1774946838","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/bending-genre-9781501386060","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}