The best creative nonfiction. Vol. 3

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Subjects
American prose literature > 21st century.
Reportage literature, American.
Published
New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Co 2009.
Language
English
Other Authors
Lee Gutkind (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
xv, 251 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780393330250
  • Introduction: agent of change / Lee Gutkind
  • An insider's guide to jailhouse cuisine: dining in / Sean Rowe
  • Literary murder / Julianna Baggott
  • Rock dust / Stan Badgett
  • Show, don't tell / The education of Oronte Churm (InsideHigherEd.com)
  • The rope swing, the swastika, the oldest whale I know / Scott Black
  • Table of figures / Brenda Miller
  • Okahandja lessons / Emily Rapp
  • No other joy / DBDSN (steenablog.blogspot.com)
  • First year / Laura Bramon Good
  • Letter from a Japanese crematorium / Marie Mutsuki Mockett
  • Uncle Moïse / Edwidge Danticat
  • The face of Seung-Hui Cho / Wesley Yang
  • The poet's mother's deathbed conversion / jeffreyethanlee.blogstot.com
  • The storyteller / Planetmexicali.squarespace.com
  • Lavish dwarf entertainment / Alice Dreger
  • Chicago transit priority / Wood-Tang.com
  • Grasshopper / Margaret Conway
  • What comes out / Dawnelle Wilkie
  • (names have been changed) / Steal Your Imagination (web.mac.com/irishdoyle)
  • Comunity college / Tim Bascom
  • Cantata 147: the final chorale / Amy Andrews
  • I can't answer / Spade's a spade, or the burden of being right (open.salon.com)
  • An open letter / First draft: laying down the words (kathyrhodes.wordpress.com)
  • A perfunctory affair / Chris Cobb
  • Return to Hayneville / Gregory Orr.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

With the big subjects of life and death framing the smaller frustrations of everyday existence, this third volume in the Creative Nonfiction series showcases a type of journalism that in many ways is informed by cutting-edge media. Indeed, of the 25 essays reprinted, one-quarter first appeared on the Web. As diverse as the subjects are, so are the writers represented. Likewise, there is a range in length, from blogs under one page to 20-page narratives. Predictably, the essays also display varying levels of inspiration and sparkle. Among the standouts is five-time Pushcart winner Brenda Miller on a girl's changing relationship with her body as she grows into womanhood; Edwidge Danticat on an uncle's love of the ultimate expletive; an emotional "Letter from a Japanese Crematorium" by Marie Mutsuki Mockett; a family car deal gone awry by Margaret Conway; an exploration of the meaning of the mass murders at Virginia Tech through the sad eyes of gunman Seung-Hui Cho by Wesley Yang. The energetic Gutkind (Almost Human) edits his lean anthology with panache and gusto. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Library Journal Review

Creative nonfiction is writing that is factually accurate and composed with attention to literary style and technique. Gutkind, editor of all three volumes of The Best Creative Nonfiction, describes creative nonfiction as a form originating in journalism that "allows writers to tell stories-confessions, explorations, apologies." In this third volume, Gutkind contends that all the "writers.collected here grapple with life" through "the careful use of words." The contributors explore a wide range of topics. For example, in "Literary Murder," Julianna Baggott describes the creation of a novel based on her family's history. In "Letter from a Japanese Crematorium," Marie Mutsuki Mockett explains the importance of preserving some bone during the cremation process and reveals her resistance to being labeled an outsider by her Japanese relatives. Finally, Dawnelle Wilkie presents a factual account of aborting a fetus in "What Comes Out." Verdict For the most part, the writing in this collection is powerful-the essays and blogs entertain, inform, and inspire. Followers of contemporary issues presented in compelling prose will devour.-Kathryn R. Bartelt, Univ. of Evansville Libs., IN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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