Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: I & EyePearson/Longman, 2005 - 386 pages Featuring some of the most esteemed writers of our time, this new anthology brings together 60 diverse works of contemporary creative nonfiction. Including memoirs, personal essays, literary journalism, and essays on craft, this collection brings unique insight to the "I" and "Eye" of contemporary creative nonfiction. With noted authors like Annie Dillard, Scott Russell Sanders, Alice Walker, Tom Wolfe, David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, and Saul Bellow, this text offers excellent models of this emerging field. |
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PORTRAITS | 9 |
André Aciman A Literary Pilgrim Progresses to the Past 133 | 11 |
Edwidge Danticat Westbury Court 89 | 17 |
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