| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xv, 316 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant."--Emily Dickinson. With these words, Dickinson offers sound advice for nonfiction writers: Tell the truth but become more than mere transcribers of daily life. Since 2003, Tell It Slant has set the standard for creative nonfiction instruction, showing writers how to move beyond mere facts and, instead, make the most of their own "slant" on the world. This revised and updated third edition offers: New and expanded chapters on writing about identity, maintaining a productive work/life balance, and navigating the publishing industry, an anthology with diverse pieces that range from traditional essay to the graphic memoir, expanded discussion of contemporary and emerging literary forms and new "Try It" writing exercises throughout the book. Whether planning a course or learning on your own, Tell It Slant provides everything you need to know to develop a distinctive voice and to craft compelling creative nonfiction. This book provides the basis for a complete education in nonfiction writing, wherever your classroom might be. |
| Contents |
Part I: unearthing your material -- The body of memory -- Writing the family -- "Taking place": writing the physical world -- Gathering the threads of history -- The body of identity -- Writing the arts -- Glorious facts: research and the research essay -- Part II: the many forms of creative nonfiction -- The tradition of the personal essay -- Innovative forms: the wide variety of creative nonfiction -- Mixed-media:, cross-genre, hybrid, and digital works -- Part III: honing your craft -- The particular challenges of creative nonfiction -- The basics of good writing in any form -- The writing process and revision -- The power of writing communities -- Publishing your creative nonfiction -- Putting on our editors' hats -- Part IV: anthology -- Reading as a writer. The fine art of sighing / Bernard Cooper -- Leap / Brian Doyle -- Jumping the fence / Marjorie Rose Hakala -- To keep an ear to the ground / Barbara Hurd -- Of smells / Michel de Montaigne -- On touching ground / Jericho Parms -- Perdition / Kristen Radtke -- The night my mother met Bruce Lee / Paisley Rekdal -- The coroner's photographs / Brent Staples -- Because, the Ferguson verdict / Ira Sukrungruang -- First / Ryan Van Meter -- Math 1619 / Gwendolyn Wallace -- Appendix I: Good habits for healthy writers -- Appendix II: Resources for writers. |
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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Reportage literature -- Authorship.
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Reportage literature, English.
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Journalism -- Authorship.
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Investigative reporting.
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Creative writing.
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Report writing.
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Creative nonfiction.
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Creative nonfiction. (OCoLC)fst01750021
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Creative writing. (OCoLC)fst00882489
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English language -- Rhetoric.
(OCoLC)fst00911581
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Investigative reporting. (OCoLC)fst00978154
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Journalism -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00984035
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Report writing. (OCoLC)fst01094836
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Reportage literature -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst01094872
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Reportage literature, English. (OCoLC)fst01763279
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| Added Author |
Paola, Suzanne, author.
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| ISBN |
9781260454598 (pbk.) |
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1260454592 (pbk.) |
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9781260454604 (ebook) |
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