{"product_id":"creating-nonfiction-twenty-essays-and-interviews-with-the-writers-9781438461168","title":"Creating Nonfiction: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA diverse collection of essays and companion interviews that offer insight into the inspiration, drafting, and revision process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold Winner for Anthologies, 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a title that suggests both the genre and the process of composing it, \u003ci\u003eCreating Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas most anthologies leave readers to speculate about the evolution of each contribution, \u003ci\u003eCreating Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438461168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Jen Hirt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604392538293,"sku":"9781438461168","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/creating-nonfiction-twenty-essays-and-interviews-with-the-writers-9781438461168","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}