Twenty-five arresting selections from the groundbreaking journal that defined a genre.\ Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, 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...
Twenty-five arresting selections from the groundbreaking journal that defined a genre.
Introduction : notes for young writersThe creative nonfiction police?Three spheres3Looking at Emmett Till24Shunned49An album quilt71Dinner at Uncle Boris's85Prayer dogs92What is it we really harvestin' here?109The brown study119Killing wolves133Being Brians163Language at play174Finders keepers : the story of Joey Coyle189Notes from a difficult case226Adventures in celestial navigation245Leaving Babylon : a walk through the Jewish divorce ceremony269Gray area : thinking with a damaged brain288Joe stopped by307In the woods318Sa'm Pedi331Going native356Chimera368Mixed-blood stew382Why I ride395Delivering Lily419