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Mary Vacchetto wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
As a reader of John D’Agata’s and a student in a creative nonfiction class, I do find it a bit hard to take in the truth of D’Agata’s note section at the close of his story, About a Mountain. Though it is arguable […]
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Mary Vacchetto wrote a new post on the site Reader and Text 9 years ago
Theory whether it be scientific or literary, serves the purpose to question the various interpretations of the world around us by using language to structure our perceptions to convey our beliefs. Moran defines […]
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Mary Vacchetto commented on the post, 50% Banana, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
I enjoyed your human-banana analogy! I too agree that Slater uses metaphoric devices to paint the picture of her story not as it had been literally but, figuratively. By admitting to her readers that she is both […]
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Mary Vacchetto commented on the post, Lauren Slater’s Heideggerian Truth, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Your thoughts on Slater as , “The creative, compulsive, depressive, resilient, witty Lauren Slater evolves, devolves, and evolves again right before our eyes—and not by her telling us so, but by her showing us so” […]
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Mary Vacchetto wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Classification of genre does not matter in the sense of story. Whether it be creative nonfiction or fiction, the authorial intent is the same, to create a story of meanings to their audience; to tell a story that […]
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Mary Vacchetto wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 1 month ago
While I sat and listen to Serial I was effeminately emotionally attached. I am not sure why I became so emotional attached to this case as I have no ties to the “victim” “accused” or any other person within this […]
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Mary Vacchetto joined the group Reader and Text 9 years, 1 month ago
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Mary Vacchetto wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 1 month ago
The idea that a writer is selling someone out as a means to write may in fact be true, though the means in which they do this may also lead an individual to believe that they are not selling them out, but telling […]
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Mary Vacchetto joined the group Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 2 months ago
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