Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
Just up on Poetry Foundation: “I, Literary Tourist.”
Wiffle ball and scones at the poetry bed and breakfast, mofos! Read it here. No, seriously. Read it here. It covers a trip Maisie and I took to Brook Farm Inn, where I had visited in 1996 as a … Continue reading
Filed under Creative Nonfiction, Shameless Self-Promotion
Notes on Frey, being the Author’s attempt to defend a memoirist, authenticity in the age of made-up dialogue, God, cocky writers, and crestfallen critics, most likely disingenuous.
[Note: This essay was first published in Creative Nonfiction, then included in The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1. It's reprinted here in slightly different form. It went through several revision passes and was to be included in How to Be … Continue reading
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Diagram from R.M. Deutsch, "Poetry or Prose?"
From R.H. Deutsch. “Poetry or Prose?” College Composition and Communication. (15) 1, Composition as Art (Feb 1964), 38-40. Suitable for framing, if you ask me. From DanielNester.com
Filed under Beyond Camp, Creative Nonfiction, Saint Rose, Teaching
Diagram from Philippe LeJeune’s "Autobiographical Pact."
From DanielNester.com
Filed under Creative Nonfiction, Graphic Essays
Just up on the Hobart website: Mooning essay extras and outtakes.
Sign at the Annual Mooning of Amtrak, Orange Country, California. One of the cool things about Hobart is that with each issue they feature “DVD-style” accompanying features on its website. As I have reported here in this space, Hobart‘s tenth … Continue reading
