Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft Creative Nonfiction [Paperback]

Kristen Iversen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0130994421 | ISBN-13: 978-0130994424 | Edition: 1

Unique in approach and content, this book presents specific definitions of the subgenres of creative nonfiction—memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, biography and history, and the nonfiction novel. Providing model readings to illustrate these definitions, this First Edition also offers practical writing exercises and strategies for readers to apply what they are learning in each subgenre. For professionals with a career or interest in writing, journalism, education, publishing, and/or media.

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Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction is the first text to cover all of the major subgenres of this burgeoning field: the Memoir, the Personal Essay, Literary Journalism, Nature Writing, Biography and History, and the Nonfiction Novel. This comprehensive text balances model readings with practical exercises to help students develop their own writing styles and experiment with the techniques and subject matter native to each facet of creative nonfiction.

Each subgenre-specific chapter includes:

• Readings by professional writers and students
• Revision tips and strategies
• Advice for students and instructors on ways to create an effective workshop environment.

About the Author

Kristen Iversen is the author of Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, winner of the Colorado Book Award in Biography, and the forthcoming Full Body Burden, based on her experience of growing up near Rocky Flats, a nuclear weaponry facility in Colorado. She has taught in the creative writing programs at Naropa University and San Jose State University, and currently teaches at the University of Memphis.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (October 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130994421
• ISBN-13: 978-0130994424
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kristen Iversen grew up in Arvada, Colorado near the Rocky Flats nuclear weaponry facility and received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver. She is Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Memphis and also Editor-in-Chief of The Pinch, an award-winning literary journal. During the summers she serves on the faculty of the MFA Low-Residency Program at The University of New Orleans, held in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Edinburgh, Scotland.

She is the author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats and Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, winner of the Colorado Book Award for Biography and the Barbara Sudler Award for Nonfiction. Several documentaries have been based on this book. Iversen is also the author of a textbook, Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction.

Kristen Iversen has two sons and currently lives in Memphis.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it!, December 9, 2011

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This review is from: Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft Creative Nonfiction (Paperback)

This book is full of techniques for writing non-fiction prose. Also includes a bunch of examples from diverse authors. It's very cheap and worth buying.