Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example examines the principles and techniques of the genre by taking a close, analytical look at outstanding contemporary essays by fifteen highly accomplished writers. Featuring examples of memoir, profile, literary journalism, medical reporting, and travel writing, it includes selections by Madeleine Blais, Tim Cahill, James Conaway, Joan Didion, David Finkel, Jon Franklin, Tom Hallman, Jr., Walt Harrington, Tracy Kidder, Jane Kramer, John McPhee, Michael Paterniti, Mike Sager, Susan Sheehan, and Tom Wolfe. Each selection is carefully annotated to show students what makes it a good piece of writing and what technical and stylistic devices the author uses for effect. In addition to extensive analyses by editor Patsy Sims, the writers comment on their own work, emphasizing how important the skill of careful, critical reading is to learning how to write well. Each essay is preceded by an introduction that presents a specific aspect of the literary nonfiction writing craft, the writer's biographical information, and an explanation of how the selection was put together. Ideal for courses in creative writing and literary journalism, Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example is also a helpful guide for all aspiring creative nonfiction writers.
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This book is being used as a text for the online Creative Nonfiction course I am taking through National University. It is a good book and I really appreciate the notes made by Patsy Simms, the editor, at the bottom of each page. They are helping me to write my reading responses for the class.
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When Madeleine Blais set out to profile homeless activist Carol Fennelly, she wanted to avoid the all too familiar interview in which the reformer is intent on offering up the same well-rehearsed lines she's delivered at countless press conferences and demonstrations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When Madeleine Blais set out to profile homeless activist Carol Fennelly, she wanted to avoid the all too familiar interview in which the reformer is intent on offering up the same well-rehearsed lines she's delivered at countless press conferences and demonstrations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lucille Miller, San Bernardino, Arthwell Hayton, Sandy Slagle, Luther Park, United States, Miss Hunt, Willis Fields, Banyan Street, Blue Cross, Des Moines, Gary Wall, New Yorker, Washington Post, Albert Einstein, Don Pedro, Cork Miller, Los Angeles, Sun City, Homicide North, Natural Areas Council, Chap Causey, Pancho Barnes, Pulitzer Prize, Tom Wolfe New!
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- Driving Mr Albert by Michael Paterniti on 4 pages
- The New Journalism (Picador Books) by Edward Warren Johnson on 4 pages
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe in Front Matter, page 290, and page 292
- The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe in Front Matter, page 32, and page 290
- A Welfare Mother by Susan Sheehan in Front Matter, page 270, and page 289
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