Bending Genre |
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Editor:
| Singer, Margot Walker, Nicole |
ISBN: | 978-1-322-14524-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Turtleback
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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Ever since the term "creative nonfiction" first came into widespread use, memoirists and journalists, essayists and fiction writers have faced off over where the border between fact and fiction lies. This debate over "ethics," however, has sidelined important questions of literary "form." "Bending Genre "does not ask where the boundaries between genres should be drawn, but what happens when you push the line. Written for writers and students of creative writing, this collection brings...
More DescriptionEver since the term "creative nonfiction" first came into widespread use, memoirists and journalists, essayists and fiction writers have faced off over where the border between fact and fiction lies. This debate over "ethics," however, has sidelined important questions of literary "form." "Bending Genre "does not ask where the boundaries between genres should be drawn, but what happens when you push the line. Written for writers and students of creative writing, this collection brings together perspectives from today's leading writers of creative nonfiction, including Michael Martone, Brenda Miller, Ander Monson, and David Shields. Each writer's innovative essay probes our notions of genre and investigates how creative nonfiction is shaped, modeling the forms of writing being discussed. Like creative nonfiction itself, "Bending Genre "is an exciting hybrid that breaks new ground.