In Fact

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The Best of Creative Nonfiction

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In Fact presents a compelling collection of twenty-five essays showcasing the evolution of creative nonfiction, a genre that blends journalistic integrity with storytelling artistry. Edited by Lee Gutkind, the founding editor of Creative Nonfiction, this anthology features diverse voices exploring subjects from personal transformation and social justice to environmental decline and cultural encounters. The essays illustrate the dynamic range and depth of narrative nonfiction as writers dramatise, interpret, and re-create their experiences, making this an influential celebration of the genre’s growth.
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This collection is well suited for readers interested in innovative nonfiction, creative writing students, journalists seeking narrative techniques, and anyone keen on exploring the boundaries between fact and storytelling.

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.

Description

Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatise, 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393326659

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 November 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

Edited by Lee Gutkind
Introduction by Annie Dillard

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 361g

Pages: 480

Collections

Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lee Gutkind is the founder and editor of the literary journal Creative Nonfiction and a pioneer in the field of narrative nonfiction. Gutkind is also the editor of In Fact and Becoming a Doctor, the author of Almost Human, and has written books about baseball, health care, travel, and technology. A Distinguished Writer in Residence at Arizona State University, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Tempe, Arizona. Annie Dillard is a short story writer, novelist, and poet. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. After living for five years in the Pacific Northwest, she now lives on the East Coast with her family.