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245 00 Radiant truths :|bessential dispatches, reports, 
       confessions, & other essays on American belief /|cedited 
       and introduced by Jeff Sharlet. 
264  1 New Haven, CT :|bYale University Press,|c[2014] 
300    xii, 408 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-406). 
520    "Beginning with Walt Whitman singing hymns at a wounded 
       soldier's bedside during the Civil War, this surprising 
       and vivid anthology ranges straight through to the twenty-
       first century to end with Francine Prose crying tears of 
       complicated joy at the sight of Whitman's words in 
       Zuccotti Park during the brief days of the Occupy 
       movement. The first anthology of its kind, Radiant Truths 
       gathers an exquisite selection of writings by both well-
       known and forgotten American authors and thinkers, each 
       engaged in the challenges of writing about religion, of 
       documenting "things unseen." Their contributions to the 
       genre of literary journalism-the telling of factual 
       stories using the techniques of fiction and poetry-make 
       this volume one of the most exciting anthologies of 
       creative nonfiction to have emerged in years. Jeff Sharlet
       presents an evocative selection of writings that 
       illuminate the evolution of the American genre of 
       documentary prose. Each entry may be savored separately, 
       but together the works enrich one another, engaging in an 
       implicit and continuing conversation that reaches across 
       time and generations. Including works by: Walt Whitman - 
       Henry David Thoreau - Mark Twain - Meridel Le Sueur - Zora
       Neale Hurston - Mary McCarthy - James Baldwin - Norman 
       Mailer - Ellen Willis Anne Fadiman - John Jeremiah 
       Sullivan - Francine Prose - Garry Wills - "and many 
       others"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. 
650  0 RELIGION / Essays. 
650  0 RELIGION / Spirituality. 
651  0 United States|xReligion. 
700 1  Sharlet, Jeff,|d1971- 
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