Collects twenty true stories about a wide range of topics, from healthcare to monarch butterflies.
Features 20 short stories in the free-form genre described as “the literary equivalent of jazz” with contributions from Phillip Lopate, Brenda Miller, Carolyn Forche, Toi Derricotte and Lauren Slater on a diverse group of topics including health care, motherhood and monarch butterflies. Original.
Creative nonfiction is the literary equivalent of jazz: it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, voices, and techniques some newly invented, and others as old as writing itself. This collection of 20 gripping, beautifully-written nonfiction narratives is as diverse as the genre Creative Nonfiction magazine has helped popularize. Contributions by Phillip Lopate, Brenda Miller, Carolyn Forche, Toi Derricotte, Lauren Slater and others draw inspiration from everything from healthcare to history, and from monarch butterflies to motherhood. Their stories shed light on how we live.
