Several terms have been used to identify this genre: nonfiction, contemporary nonfiction, or creative nonfiction – a term that some reject.
Interview: Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins, editors of The Far Edges of the Fourth Genre
Category: Articles
Review: Myself and Some Other Being: Wordsworth and the Life Writing by Daniel Robinson
Review by Kacy MuirOne of my favorite novels and films happens to be one in the same — Big Fish —written by Daniel Wallace and John August, respectively. The reasons are many, but two stand out in particular. Together, both mediums aspire to inspire the art of storytelling and evoke romanticism in a swift, but…
Craft: How to Be a Writer by Risa Nye
Where will your writing life take you? If you don’t sit down, get started and roll the die by submitting your work, you’ll never know.
The Writing Life: Getting Naked by Jim Gray
In November of 2011, armed with a notebook and stress-induced diarrhea, I entered my inaugural writing workshop…
Interview: Elizabeth Scarboro, author of My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
My husband died at the end of January. There. I said it. … Still off-balance and only weeks after his passing, I discovered an essay, online, written Elizabeth Scarboro.
Writing Life: Fear and Writing (Agents and Critics and Commas, Oh My!) by Lisa Ahn
Last month, I broke a promise to my husband. It was a vow we’d made together, many years ago, when we swore we’d never pass our bad habits to our kids.
Review: Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki
In her new work of literary journalism, “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World,” Shereen El Feki tackles the hotbed topic of sexuality in the Middle East, specifically Egypt.
Review: Butterfly Tears: Stories of Entrapment to Empowerment
The stories presented in Butterfly Tears are at the same time horrific and heartwarming.
Interview: Poe Ballantine, author of Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere: A Memoir
Author Poe Ballantine discovered the basis for his latest book … right next door when his Nebraska neighbor disappeared and his mutilated body found months later.
Interview: Filmmaker Dave Jannetta, director/producer/editor of the documentary Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere.
I knew right away I wanted try and make it into a film…
