Comments on: Creative nonfiction: but still it turns http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: My Christmas Letter http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-132103 My Christmas Letter Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:44:03 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-132103 [...] been a big part of Pretty Tallahassee. She’s a great writer and an equally great person, and yes, she knows what creative nonfiction is and even how to critically approach [...] [...] been a big part of Pretty Tallahassee. She’s a great writer and an equally great person, and yes, she knows what creative nonfiction is and even how to critically approach [...]

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-128877 K.G. Schneider Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:24:54 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-128877 Wow, what was that forum? Essays make people think of what they did in school... and it's also only PART of a genre. You are lucky to be near Tattered Cover! Wow, what was that forum?

Essays make people think of what they did in school… and it’s also only PART of a genre.

You are lucky to be near Tattered Cover!

]]> By: Kathy http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-128855 Kathy Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:36:32 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-128855 I attended a publishing forum for writers last summer, and the agents panel said nope, for them creative non-fiction isn't a genre. Hmm, I thought. It most certainly was in my MFA program. Perhaps it's an academic thing? Should we just call them essays? --although I think that may be off-putting for some people. As for bookstores, some handle it well (my local Tattered Cover is an example), but Barnes & Noble? Dillard in nature writing, Didion in bios. And can someone tell me why writing about writing is all the way across the store with the dictionaries, instead of next to the literary crit? I attended a publishing forum for writers last summer, and the agents panel said nope, for them creative non-fiction isn’t a genre. Hmm, I thought. It most certainly was in my MFA program. Perhaps it’s an academic thing? Should we just call them essays? –although I think that may be off-putting for some people. As for bookstores, some handle it well (my local Tattered Cover is an example), but Barnes & Noble? Dillard in nature writing, Didion in bios. And can someone tell me why writing about writing is all the way across the store with the dictionaries, instead of next to the literary crit?

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-127405 K.G. Schneider Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:23:06 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-127405 Laura, really, we have a panel discussion for AWP on a slew of library topics... why Dewey sux... how to get your book reviewed by Choice... etc. :-) Laura, really, we have a panel discussion for AWP on a slew of library topics… why Dewey sux… how to get your book reviewed by Choice… etc. :-)

]]> By: Laura http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-127395 Laura Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:05:59 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-127395 I've always meant to write a post about Dewey's balkanization of literary nonfiction but, once again, you've beaten me to it! I’ve always meant to write a post about Dewey’s balkanization of literary nonfiction but, once again, you’ve beaten me to it!

]]> By: Sam http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/comment-page-1/#comment-127277 Sam Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:16:23 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/16/creative-nonfiction-but-still-it-turns/#comment-127277 Intriguing! I must admit that it had not occured to me that there was such a thing as creative non-fiction, but as it so happens I am currently reading Expletives Deleted by Angela Carter - which is a collection of essays about a number of things and I am finding it very interesting and very well written. Intriguing! I must admit that it had not occured to me that there was such a thing as creative non-fiction, but as it so happens I am currently reading Expletives Deleted by Angela Carter – which is a collection of essays about a number of things and I am finding it very interesting and very well written.

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