The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume 1
Creative Nonfiction scoured alternative publications, blogs, literary journals and other often-overlooked publications in search of new voices and innovative ideas for essays written with panache and power. In these works, writers explore the sport of competitive eating; ponder the identity of mysterious woman who killed herself in a Seattle hotel room; undergo medical testing to see what the future might hold; follow a pack of wild dogs around Manhattan; and trace the migration of one of China’s first SARS victims during the “Era of Wild Flavor.” Editor Lee Gutkind writes, “Beneath the cover of The Best Creative Nonfiction is an unusual and unforgettable literary experience for readers, writers and bookstore browsers seeking a porthole into literature that makes a personal connection with the writer and captures real life with the power of cinema and the integrity of fact.” Purchase this book alone or as part of the Best Creative Nonfiction box set.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Cipher in Room 214: Who Was Mary Anderson and Why Did She Die?
Badlands: Portrait of a Competitive Eater
‘Mbriago
Chores
Cold Autumn
Consumption
The Pain Scale
Full Gospel
The Truth about Cops and Dogs
Double Take
Trapeze Lessons
Notes on Frey
Miles to Go Before We Sleep
Job No. 51 — Executive Director and Job No. 52 — Psychic Medium
Pimp
The Woot Files
Sleepy Head
The Answer That Increasingly Appeals
North Pole, South Pole, Sea of Carcinoma
Thirteen More Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
What is the Future of Diagnostic Medicine?
Like a Complete Unknown
66 Signs That the Former Student Who Invited You to Dinner is Trying to Seduce You
Wild Flavor
Notes on the Space We Take
Tell Me Again Who Are You???
My Mother’s Touch
When my mother tries to touch me, I flinch. I don’t like her to touch me at all, ever, and I don’t remember a time when we cuddled or hugged or she took me “uppy,” although it happened.
Additional information
| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 9 × 6 × 1 in |
