false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180991823m/1101272.jpg 1101272 2 <B>Narrative nonfiction at its cutting-edge best from writers at the cusp of recognition and fame.</B><BR><BR>Lee Gutkind, proclaimed the "Godfather behind creative nonfiction" by <I>Vanity Fair</I>, along with the staff of his landmark journal <I>Creative Nonfiction</I>, has culled alternative publications, 'zines, blogs, podcasts, literary journals, and other often overlooked publications in search of new voices and innovative ideas&#151;essays and articles written with panache and power.<BR><BR>"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 <I>McSweeney's</I> and <I>Bookslut</I>, explains James Frey, while the very overweight Michael Rosenwald becomes a <I>Popular Science</I> nearly nude centerfold in a quest for knowledge about high-tech diagnostics. 1088156 1993 The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1 total:139|5:24|4:54|3:48|2:12|1:1| 139 505 235 35 2 1 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 22:11:29 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 17:54:28 -0700 2008 Creative Nonfiction people are associated with. So much of what they represent is dense with a kind of still, big-L literature artifice that weighs the work down. It's almost formulaic and repetitive in some ways.
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North Pole, South Pole, Sea of Carcinoma was an essay written by Dev Hathaway about the last year of her life after receiving a diagnosis of renal cancer (...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 14:12:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 14:14:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 04 06:54:24 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 08:14:13 -0800 2009
Total number of pieces: 27
Excellent enough to redeem the whole: 6
Quite good but could have been better/more depth: 4
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