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Best Creative Nonfiction

Best Creative Nonfiction

Gutkind, Lee

Paperback

Series: Best Creative Nonfiction

Letters & Essays

ISBN10: 0393330036
ISBN13: 9780393330038
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Jul 1 2007
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.64 Depth: 8.16
Language: English

Lee Gutkind, proclaimed the Godfather behind creative nonfiction by Vanity Fair, along with the staff of his landmark journal Creative Nonfiction, has culled alternative publications, 'zines, blogs, podcasts, literary journals, and other often overlooked publications in search of new voices and innovative ideas essays and articles written with panache and power. The Truth About Cops and Dogs, by Rebecca Skloot, describes a vicious pack of wild dogs, preying on the domesticated pets of Manhattan. Monica Wojcik's The w00t Files, for the chic geek crowd, comes directly from John McPhee's famous Literature of Fact workshop at Princeton, a launching pad for famous young writers. Daniel Nestor, of McSweeney's and Bookslut, explains James Frey, while the very overweight Michael Rosenwald becomes a Popular Science nearly nude centerfold in a quest for knowledge about high-tech diagnostics.

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