The fourth genre : contemporary writers of/on creative nonfiction
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The fourth genre : contemporary writers of/on creative nonfiction
Pearson Longman, c2007
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This best-selling anthology is a comprehensive and indispensable introduction to the way creative nonfiction is written today.
Table of Contents
* New to this edition.
Contents
Alternative Table of Contents: Subgenres of Creative Nonfiction
Preface: Beginning the Conversation
Introduction: Creative Nonfiction, the Fourth Genre
I. Writing Creative Nonfiction.
Angela M. Balcita, "Dumpling." *Kim Barnes, "The Ashes of August."
Jocelyn Bartkevicius, "Out of the Garden."
Jo Ann Beard, "Out There." *Robin Black, "The Answer That Increasingly Appeals."
Mary Clearman Blew, "The Unwanted Child." *Shari Caudron, "Befriending Barbie."
Lisa D. Chavez, "Independence Day, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska."
Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing."
Meghan Daum, "On the Fringes of the Physical World."
Annie Dillard, "Living Like Weasels." *Kitty Burns Florey, "Sister Bernadete's Barking Dog."
Dagoberto Gilb, "Northeast Direct."
Adam Gopnick, "The People on the Bus." *Vivian Gornick, "On the Bus."
Patricia Hampl, "Parish Streets." *Barbara Hurd, "Fine Distinctions."
Pico Iyer, "Where Worlds Collide." *Jennifer Kahn, "Stripped for Parts."
Nicole Lamy, "Life in Motion." *Jonathan Lethem, "13, 1977, 21."
Phillip Lopate, "Portrait of My Body."
Bret Lott, "Brothers."
Rebecca McClanahan, "Good-bye to All This."
John McPhee, "The Search for Marvin Gardens."
Michele Morano, "The Queimada."
Naomi Shihab Nye, "Three Pokes of a Thistle." *Susan Orlean, "Lifelike."
Brenda Petersen, "Animal Allies." Simone Poirier-Bures, "That Shining Place: Crete 1966."
Wendy Rawlings, "Virtually Romance: A Discourse on Love in the Information Age."
Chet Raymo, "Celebrating Creation."
Robert L. Root, Jr., "Knowing Where You've Been."
Arthur Saltzman, "How to Play."
Scott Russell Sanders, "Cloud Crossing."
Reg Saner, "Pliny and the Mountain Mouse."
Mimi Schwartz, "My Father Always Said." *Floyd Skoot, "Fittings."
Michael Steinberg, "Chin Music."
Susan Allen Toth, "Going to the Movies." *Erika Vidal, "Undressing Victoria."
Christine White, "Reflection Rag: Uncle Joe, Roberto Clemente and I."
II. Talking About Creative Nonfiction.
Jocelyn Bartkevicius, "The Landscape of Nonfiction."
Mary Clearman Blew, "The Art of Memoir."
Annie Dillard, "To Fashion a Text."
Patricia Foster, "The Intelligent Heart." *Vivian Gornick, "A Narrator Leaps Past Journalism."
Patricia Hampl, "Memory and Imagination." Steven Harvey, "The Art of Translation."
Tracy Kidder, "Courting the Approval of the Dead."
Phillip Lopate, "What Happened to the Personal Essay?"
Bret Lott, "Toward a Definition of Creative Nonfiction."
Michael Pearson, "The Other Creative Writing."
Robert L. Root, Jr., "Collage, Montage, Mosaic, Vignette, Episode, Segment."
Scott Russell Sanders, "The Singular First Person."
Mimi Schwartz, "Memoir? Fiction? Where's The Line?"
*Natalia Rachel Singer, "Nonfiction in First Person, Without Apology?"
Michael Steinberg, "Finding the Inner Story in Memoirs and Personal Essays."
Marianna Torgovnick, "Experimental Critical Writing."
III. Composing Creative Nonfiction.
Emily Chase, "Warping Time with Montaigne."
Emily Chase, "Notes from a Journey toward `Warping Time'."
Mary Elizabeth Pope, "Teacher Training."
Mary Elizabeth Pope, "Composing `Teacher Training'."
Maureen Stanton, "Zion."
Maureen Stanton, "On Writing `Zion'."
Alternative Table of Contents: Approaches to Writing and Discussing Creative Nonfiction
Notes on Authors.
Index.
Credits.
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