Creating Nonfiction
Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers
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Creating Nonfiction
Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers
About This Book
Gold Winner for Anthologies, 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards With a title that suggests both the genre and the process of composing it, Creating Nonfiction is a collection of essays and interviews that aims to open readers' and writers' eyes to the formal possibilities of creative nonfiction. Included are memoirs, personal essays, literary journalism, graphic essays, and lyric essays, and the content is equally diverse, with topics ranging from childbirth to child labor, from dandelions to domestic violence. Whereas most anthologies leave readers to speculate about the evolution of each contribution, Creating Nonfiction provides companion interviews that offer insight into the inspiration, drafting, and revision process that produced the essays. Cheryl Strayed talks about how working as a reporter for her hometown newspaper influenced her later writings. Dinty W. Moore reflects on the delicate balance between observation and judgment when writing about subjects whose values differ from your own. Kristen Radtke explains how she decides between textual and visual images when creating a graphic essay. Although they offer an eclectic mix of voices and styles, what these essays all have in common is that ultimately, as contributor Faith Adiele observes, "truth becomes art."
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Adiele, Faith âHow to Make Sense of the Post-Colonial Nation-Stateâ | 203 |
Aldrich, Marcia âHow to Give a Baby a Bathâ | 127 |
Borich, Barrie Jean âApocalypse, Darlingâ | 97 |
Brown, Fleda âMy Wobbly Bicycle, 29â | 169 |
Church, Steven âSeven Fathoms Downâ | 135 |
Conaway, Cameron âOf Ships and Menâ | 195 |
Groom, Kelle âHow to Cure a Frightâ | 63 |
Hammond, Jeffrey âYouTubeâs Winged Chariotâ | 213 |
Hirt, Jen âStudents of the Routeâ | 175 |
Jakiela, Lori âFree to a Good Homeâ | 15 |
Martone, Michael âFootnotes and Endnotesâ | 51 |
Moore, Dinty W. âTooth and Clawâ | 29 |
Morales, Angela âGunslingingâ | 151 |
Murphy, Erin âSlow Burnâ | 147 |
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee âBirth Geographicâ | 119 |
Quade, Mary R. âThe Collectionâ | 39 |
Radtke, Kristen âThe City of the Centuryâ | 75 |
Strayed, Cheryl âKestrel Avenueâ | 1 |
St. Germain, Sheryl âThe Third Stepâ | 159 |
Thompson, Toby âTerremotoâ | 181 |
âApocalypse, Darling,â Barrie Jean Borich | 97 |
âBirth Geographic,â Aimee Nezhukumatathil | 119 |
âFootnotes and Endnotes,â Michael Martone | 51 |
âFree to a Good Home,â Lori Jakiela | 15 |
âGunslinging,â Angela Morales | 151 |
âHow to Cure a Fright,â Kelle Groom | 63 |
âHow to Give a Baby a Bath,â Marcia Aldrich | 127 |
âHow to Make Sense of the Post-Colonial Nation-State,â Faith Adiele | 203 |
âKestrel Avenue,â Cheryl Strayed | 1 |
âMy Wobbly Bicycle, 29,â Fleda Brown | 169 |
âOf Ships and Men,â Cameron Conaway | 195 |
âSeven Fathoms Down,â Steven Church | 135 |
âSlow Burn,â Erin Murphy | 147 |
âStudents of the Route,â Jen Hirt | 175 |
âTerremoto,â Toby Thompson | 181 |
âThe City of the Century,â Kristen Radtke | 75 |
âThe Collection,â Mary R. Quade | 39 |
âThe Third Step,â Sheryl St. Germain | 159 |
âTooth and Claw,â Dinty W. Moore | 29 |
âYouTubeâs Winged Chariot,â Jeffrey Hammond | 213 |
Faith Adiele, âHow to Make Sense of the Post-Colonial Nation-Stateâ | 209 |
Marcia Aldrich, âHow to Give a Baby a Bathâ | 133 |
Barrie Jean Borich, âApocalypse, Darlingâ | 114 |
Brown, âMy Wobbly Bicycle, 29â | 171 |
Steven Church, âSeven Fathoms Downâ | 144 |
Cameron Conaway, âOf Ships and... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- One âKestrel Avenueâ by Cheryl Strayed
- Two âFree to Good Homeâ by Lori Jakiela
- Three âTooth and Clawâ by Dinty W. Moore
- Four âThe Collectionâ by Mary Quade
- Five âFootnotes & Endnotesâ by Michael Martone
- Six âHow to Cure a Frightâ by Kelle Groom
- Seven âThe City of the Centuryâ by Kristen Radtke
- Eight âApocalypse, Darlingâ by Barrie Jean Borich
- Nine âBirth Geographicâ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Ten âHow to Give a Baby a Bathâ by Marcia Aldrich
- Eleven âSeven Fathoms Downâ by Steven Church
- Twelve âSlow Burnâ by Erin Murphy
- Thirteen âGunslingingâ by Angela Morales
- Fourteen âThe Third Stepâ by Sheryl St. Germain
- Fifteen âMy Wobbly Bicycle, 29â by Fleda Brown
- Sixteen âStudents of the Routeâ by Jen Hirt
- Seventeen âTerremotoâ by Toby Thompson
- Eighteen âOf Ships and Menâ by Cameron Conaway
- Nineteen âHow to Make Sense of the Postcolonial Nation-State: A Definition Essay Using Material Lifted Almost Entirely from the Internet as Annotated by the Author, Herself a Nigerian Americanâ by Faith Adiele
- Twenty âYouTubeâs Winged Chariot: On Time, Memory, and Internet Videoâ by Jeffrey Hammond
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover