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Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies.  Just how much truth is in nonfiction?  How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form. This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today's most renowned teachers and writers—including original work from Michael Martone, Marcia Aldrich, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, and Robin Hemley, among others. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each is accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. As these innovative writers stretch the limits of genre, they take us with them, offering readers a front-row seat to an ever-evolving form. Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves. Part groundbreaking nonfiction collection, part writing reference, Blurring the Boundaries serves as the ideal book for literary lovers and practitioners of the craft. 

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments B.J. Hollars       Introduction: Let the Blurring Begin Marcia Aldrich       The Structure of Trouble       On "The Structure of Trouble": Fitting Function to Form Monica Berlin       The Eighteenth Week       On "The Eighteenth Week": On Point of View Eula Biss       Time and Distance Overcome       On "Time and Distance Overcome": The Rewards of Research Ryan Boudinot       An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe       On "An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe": Knowing One's Audience and Making Your Dreams Come True Ashley Butler       Dazzle       On "Dazzle": The Fluidity of Boundaries Steven Church       Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado       On "Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado": Rethinking Genre Stuart Dybek       Bait       On "Bait": The Hybridity of Form Beth Ann Fennelly       Salvos into the World of Hummers       On "Salvos into the World of Hummers": The Convergence of Subject and Style Robin Hemley       Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process       On "Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process": Transitioning from Notes to Novel Naomi Kimbell       Whistling in the Dark       On "Whistling in the Dark": When Telling Lies Reveals Truth Kim Dana Kupperman       71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility       On "71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility": An Eight-Fragment, Five-Paragraph Essay Paul Maliszewski       Headaches       On "Headaches": Articulating the Inexplicable Michael Martone       Asymmetry       On "Asymmetry": The Typewriter Is Not a Typewriter Ander Monson       Outline toward a Theory of the Mine versus the Mind and the Harvard Outline       Outline toward a Reflection on the Outline and the Splitting of the Atom, I Mean the Colorado River, I Mean Our Collective Attentions, or Maybe I Mean the Brain, Which Is Mostly Forks, You Know Dinty W. Moore       Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth in Personal Memoir and Securing That Blockbuster Book Deal       On "Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth . . .": Implementing Exaggeration and Humor Susan Neville       A Visit to the Doctor       On "A Visit to the Doctor": The Omission of I Brian Oliu       Contra       On "Contra": Nostalgia and the Shared Experience Lia Purpura       Squirrel: An Ars Poetica       On "Squirrel: An Ars Poetica": Starting in One Place and Ending in Another Wendy Rawlings       Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art       On "Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art": Breaking the Fourth Wall Ryan Van Meter       Monster       On "Monster": The Immersion Effect Writing Exercises Contributors


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780803236486
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0803236484
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction
  • Width: 140 mm


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