Who doesn’t love a good year-end list? As 2015 winds down, we thought we’d look back and see what captured our (online) readers’ interest this year.
As it happens, we noticed something interesting, though not exactly surprising: Though the majority of our most popular pieces appeared in an issue of Creative Nonfiction within the last five years, a handful are from the early 00’s and a couple from the mid-90’s. Creative Nonfiction‘s content has staying power!
Anyway, in case you missed them the first time around, here they are—our top 15 from 2015. Happy reading!
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Picturing the Personal Essay
A visual guide // TIM BASCOM
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How to Write Like a Mother#^@%*&
A conversation with Cheryl Strayed // ELISSA BASSIST
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The Line Between Fact & Fiction
On borrowing the tools of novelists // ROY PETER CLARK
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A Genre by Any Other Name
The story behind “creative nonfiction” // DINTY W. MOORE
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Write What You Don’t Know
How can you write nonfiction when you don’t have the facts? // JESSICA HANDLER
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The Price of Writing
Why would anyone work for free? It’s complicated // JENNIFER NIESSLEIN
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Shunned
Sixteen and pregnant, a young woman finds herself ostracized from her community // MEREDITH HALL
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The Same Story
Two young women, pregnant at the same time by the same man // SUZANNE ROBERTS
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Writing Memoir & Writing for Therapy
An inquiry on the functions of reflection // TARA DaPRA
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The “Five ‘R’s” of Creative Nonfiction
Breaking down the essentials of the form // LEE GUTKIND
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The Butterfly Effect
Finding sanctuary in Butterfly Town, USA // JENNIFER LUNDEN
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The Rope Test
The writing life requires discipline // LEE GUTKIND
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Erik Larson
An interview with the journalist turned narrative historian // DONNA SEAMAN
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Poetry & Science
A view from the divide // ALISON HAWTHORNE DEMING
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What You Learn in College
How to play strip spin-the-bottle // KAREN DONLEY-HAYES
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