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Blurring the Boundaries Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction

Hollars, B.J.
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780803236486
Publisert
2013-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Nebraska Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Hollars, B.J.

Biographical note

B.J. Hollars is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He is the author of several books including From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human, Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, The Last Lynching in America and Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa, and Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds. 

Blurring the Boundaries Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction

Hollars, B.J.
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk
Hollars, B.J.
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk
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“Inspire[s] oblique imitation by simply collecting so much excellent writing in one place. . . . Well-suited to student-writers, which should include all of us, because [the essays] allow us to look under the hood and see the machinery that makes such moving creative nonfiction.”—Fourth Genre
 

"A nifty little book."—Paul L. Martin, Teacher's View

Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies.  Just how much truth is in nonfiction?  How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form. This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today’s most renowned teachers and writers—including original work from Michael Martone, Marcia Aldrich, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, and Robin Hemley, among others. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each is accompanied by the writer’s personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. As these innovative writers stretch the limits of genre, they take us with them, offering readers a front-row seat to an ever-evolving form. Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves. Part groundbreaking nonfiction collection, part writing reference, Blurring the Boundaries serves as the ideal book for literary lovers and practitioners of the craft. 
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Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies. Just how much truth is in nonfiction? How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form.
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AcknowledgmentsB.J. Hollars      Introduction: Let the Blurring BeginMarcia Aldrich      The Structure of Trouble      On "The Structure of Trouble": Fitting Function to FormMonica Berlin      The Eighteenth Week      On "The Eighteenth Week": On Point of ViewEula Biss      Time and Distance Overcome      On "Time and Distance Overcome": The Rewards of ResearchRyan Boudinot      An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe      On "An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe": Knowing One's Audience and Making Your Dreams Come TrueAshley Butler      Dazzle      On "Dazzle": The Fluidity of BoundariesSteven Church      Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado      On "Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado": Rethinking GenreStuart Dybek      Bait      On "Bait": The Hybridity of FormBeth Ann Fennelly      Salvos into the World of Hummers      On "Salvos into the World of Hummers": The Convergence of Subject and StyleRobin Hemley      Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process      On "Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process": Transitioning from Notes to NovelNaomi Kimbell      Whistling in the Dark      On "Whistling in the Dark": When Telling Lies Reveals TruthKim Dana Kupperman      71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility      On "71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility": An Eight-Fragment, Five-Paragraph EssayPaul Maliszewski      Headaches      On "Headaches": Articulating the InexplicableMichael Martone      Asymmetry      On "Asymmetry": The Typewriter Is Not a TypewriterAnder Monson      Outline toward a Theory of the Mine versus the Mind and the Harvard Outline      Outline toward a Reflection on the Outline and the Splitting of the Atom, I Mean the Colorado River, I Mean Our Collective Attentions, or Maybe I Mean the Brain, Which Is Mostly Forks, You KnowDinty W. Moore      Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth in Personal Memoir and Securing That Blockbuster Book Deal      On "Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth . . .": Implementing Exaggeration and HumorSusan Neville      A Visit to the Doctor      On "A Visit to the Doctor": The Omission of IBrian Oliu      Contra      On "Contra": Nostalgia and the Shared ExperienceLia Purpura      Squirrel: An Ars Poetica      On "Squirrel: An Ars Poetica": Starting in One Place and Ending in AnotherWendy Rawlings      Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art      On "Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art": Breaking the Fourth WallRyan Van Meter      Monster      On "Monster": The Immersion EffectWriting ExercisesContributors
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Essays experimenting with structure, style, and subject matter, and accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself

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“Inspire[s] oblique imitation by simply collecting so much excellent writing in one place. . . . Well-suited to student-writers, which should include all of us, because [the essays] allow us to look under the hood and see the machinery that makes such moving creative nonfiction.”—Fourth Genre
 

"A nifty little book."—Paul L. Martin, Teacher's View

Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies.  Just how much truth is in nonfiction?  How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form. This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today’s most renowned teachers and writers—including original work from Michael Martone, Marcia Aldrich, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, and Robin Hemley, among others. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each is accompanied by the writer’s personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. As these innovative writers stretch the limits of genre, they take us with them, offering readers a front-row seat to an ever-evolving form. Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves. Part groundbreaking nonfiction collection, part writing reference, Blurring the Boundaries serves as the ideal book for literary lovers and practitioners of the craft. 
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Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies. Just how much truth is in nonfiction? How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form.
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AcknowledgmentsB.J. Hollars      Introduction: Let the Blurring BeginMarcia Aldrich      The Structure of Trouble      On "The Structure of Trouble": Fitting Function to FormMonica Berlin      The Eighteenth Week      On "The Eighteenth Week": On Point of ViewEula Biss      Time and Distance Overcome      On "Time and Distance Overcome": The Rewards of ResearchRyan Boudinot      An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe      On "An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe": Knowing One's Audience and Making Your Dreams Come TrueAshley Butler      Dazzle      On "Dazzle": The Fluidity of BoundariesSteven Church      Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado      On "Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado": Rethinking GenreStuart Dybek      Bait      On "Bait": The Hybridity of FormBeth Ann Fennelly      Salvos into the World of Hummers      On "Salvos into the World of Hummers": The Convergence of Subject and StyleRobin Hemley      Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process      On "Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process": Transitioning from Notes to NovelNaomi Kimbell      Whistling in the Dark      On "Whistling in the Dark": When Telling Lies Reveals TruthKim Dana Kupperman      71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility      On "71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility": An Eight-Fragment, Five-Paragraph EssayPaul Maliszewski      Headaches      On "Headaches": Articulating the InexplicableMichael Martone      Asymmetry      On "Asymmetry": The Typewriter Is Not a TypewriterAnder Monson      Outline toward a Theory of the Mine versus the Mind and the Harvard Outline      Outline toward a Reflection on the Outline and the Splitting of the Atom, I Mean the Colorado River, I Mean Our Collective Attentions, or Maybe I Mean the Brain, Which Is Mostly Forks, You KnowDinty W. Moore      Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth in Personal Memoir and Securing That Blockbuster Book Deal      On "Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth . . .": Implementing Exaggeration and HumorSusan Neville      A Visit to the Doctor      On "A Visit to the Doctor": The Omission of IBrian Oliu      Contra      On "Contra": Nostalgia and the Shared ExperienceLia Purpura      Squirrel: An Ars Poetica      On "Squirrel: An Ars Poetica": Starting in One Place and Ending in AnotherWendy Rawlings      Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art      On "Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art": Breaking the Fourth WallRyan Van Meter      Monster      On "Monster": The Immersion EffectWriting ExercisesContributors
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Essays experimenting with structure, style, and subject matter, and accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780803236486
Publisert
2013-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Nebraska Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Hollars, B.J.

Biographical note

B.J. Hollars is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He is the author of several books including From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human, Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, The Last Lynching in America and Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa, and Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds. 

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