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Creating Nonfiction: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers(Excelsior Editions)

Creating Nonfiction: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers(Excelsior Editions)


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About the Book

A diverse collection of essays and companion interviews that offer insight into the inspiration, drafting, and revision process.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. "Kestrel Avenue" by Cheryl Strayed Interview with Cheryl Strayed 2. "Free to Good Home" by Lori Jakiela Interview with Lori Jakiela 3. "Tooth and Claw" by Dinty W. Moore Interview with Dinty W. Moore 4. "The Collection" by Mary Quade Interview with Mary Quade 5. "Footnotes & Endnotes" by Michael Martone Interview with Michael Martone 6. "How to Cure a Fright" by Kelle Groom Interview with Kelle Groom 7. "The City of the Century" by Kristen Radtke Interview with Kristen Radtke 8. "Apocalypse, Darling" by Barrie Jean Borich Interview with Barrie Jean Borich 9. "Birth Geographic" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Interview with Aimee Nezhukumatathil 10. "How to Give a Baby a Bath" by Marcia Aldrich Interview with Marcia Aldrich 11. "Seven Fathoms Down" by Steven Church Interview with Steven Church 12. "Slow Burn" by Erin Murphy Interview with Erin Murphy 13. "Gunslinging" by Angela Morales Interview with Angela Morales 14. "The Third Step" by Sheryl St. Germain Interview with Sheryl St. Germain 15. "My Wobbly Bicycle, 29" by Fleda Brown Interview with Fleda Brown 16. "Students of the Route" by Jen Hirt Interview with Jen Hirt 17. "Terremoto" by Toby Thompson Interview with Toby Thompson 18. "Of Ships and Men" by Cameron Conaway Interview with Cameron Conaway 19. "How 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 American" by Faith Adiele Interview with Faith Adiele 20. "YouTube's Winged Chariot: On Time, Memory, and Internet Video" by Jeffrey Hammond Interview with Jeffrey Hammond Acknowledgments Contributors Index

About the Author :
Jen Hirt is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Composition at Penn State Harrisburg. She is the author of the memoir Under Glass: The Girl with a Thousand Christmas Trees. Erin Murphy is Professor of English at Penn State Altoona. She is the author of six books of poetry, including Ancilla and coeditor (with Todd Davis) of Making Poems: Forty Poems with Commentary by the Poets, also published by SUNY Press.

Review :
"...offers new opportunities to consider the way we hold conversations with our experiences and with our readers." - BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog "Read Creating Nonfiction ... to savor the essays or to absorb methods and motivations from award winning and widely published writers. You might even create your own absolutely original essay style." - New Pages "...an informative, insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking read throughout and very highly recommended." - Midwest Book Review "The selections in Creating Nonfiction are fresh, diverse, and inspiring." - Lisa Knopp, author of What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte "An excellent collection of essays by some of our best contemporary essayists." - Ned Stuckey-French, coauthor of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, Ninth Edition


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781438461151
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Excelsior Editions
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 254
  • Series Title: Excelsior Editions
  • Sub Title: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1438461151
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 454 gr


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