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Battling the Book
The book is no longer a piece of writing; it’s a puzzleIssue 78
50 Years of Making Nonfiction Creative
How all the different flavors of nonfiction transformed into a literary artIssue 77
I’d Like to Thank the Academy
How a rebellious genre gained credibility from an unlikely sourceIssue 76
What’s the Story #75
"One of my reasons for starting Creative Nonfiction was to make the genre seem more legitimate and to secure its place on serious bookshelves"Issue 75
What’s the Story #64
"It’s more important than ever for writers to remain clear-eyed and to grapple with the big questions"Issue 64
What’s the Story #74
“No matter how important your story, how skillful your structure, how powerful your prose, unless you are writing so that readers understand both what you are saying and what you mean, you may lose them”Issue 74
What’s the Story #56
There’s a lot of waiting going on at CNF, but what we wait for most of all is compelling, informative, enticing narrative essays. Being able to publish great work is what makes all the rest of the waiting worthwhileIssue 56
What’s the Story #70
"Back in October, at the Creative Nonfiction office, we submitted a detailed letter of intent to a national foundation, proposing a project and a special themed issue. We waited"Issue 70
What’s the Story #73
“Memoirists must think long and hard about the stories they write and the people their stories might affect”Issue 73
What’s the Story #72
"What we do here at Creative Nonfiction is not a game; it's work we take very seriously"Issue 72