“Fascinating complexities, artistic and moral, of true crime writing”

In Creative Nonfiction, stories speak to essays, interviews to roundtable discussion, until a turn of the final page delivers a deeper understanding of the line between reality and creativity. In the case of this particular issue: the fascinating complexities, artistic and moral, of true crime writing. Of this beast’s brutal nature and the dubious ethics of plowing up that crow-pecked field of blood and bones, #45 has much to say […] Proceeding slowly with great care is precisely what one should do while reading this issue of Creative Nonfiction. There are too many meaningful thieveries, abductions, and murders one might miss. – Ryan Asmussen