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Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 8 years, 6 months ago
Daniel José Older shares a provocative take on what makes a writer in this blog post on Seven Scribes, and it just might liberate those of us steeped in the anxiety that we’re “not doing it right.” Not to mention […]
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Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 8 years, 9 months ago
“Faction” gets my vote.
Catherine Buni’s essay “Pants on Fire: The Genre That Cannot be Named” on The Millions website takes this question to task, exploring the fact (or fiction?) that we still don’t have a […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Reader/Response, on the site Reader and Text 8 years, 11 months ago
This is a compelling post William, as is your response to it Katie. But what, I wonder, does a work of creative nonfiction–where the authorial presence is regularly a component of the text that cannot be […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Truth V. Nontruth, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Thank you for sharing this lovely meditation on your personal connection to the genre, Sarah. The ethical dilemma of writing about real people is something every writer of CNF confronts–and it can even dictate […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, The Able Disabled, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Lovely personal reflection on this very present yet often (intentionally) overlooked issue, Simone. This reminds me of Stephen Kuusisto’s memoir, Planet of the Blind–one of my favorites–when he writes, “It’s not […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Some Links to Some Stuff, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Thanks for sharing these, Ian–all relevant to the craft of CNF, even if the theme is a bit of a downer 🙂
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, How An Unlikely Podcast Made It Big, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
I agree with Devon and Colleen on this one–her voice is so conversational and inviting, and her interest in the case seems so sincere that it definitely has an affect on the audience’s relationship to the case. […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, The Evolution of Serial, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Katie, you bring up an interesting perspective; I’m not sure Koenig’s position in the narrative is static one way or the other. She’s sometimes an “everywoman” as you say, and that would make her a stand-in of […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Subjectivity v. Objectivity (2015), on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
I agree! I wonder why we hold Koenig to a high journalistic standard in Serial, where she should worry about being too subjective. Is objectivity really the only means to communicating truth? Perhaps if Koenig’s […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Speaking to the Truth, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
I agree, Amanda–maybe it’s that reading sarcasm requires more nuance than hearing it or seeing it on the big screen?
There is something to the idea that hearing and/or seeing a character–especially in a […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Serial and the Dynamics of Nonfiction, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years ago
Interesting conversation here, and I think all of the points raised are valid. Joe, your take on generational changes are important–especially as they influence how we measure educational outcomes.
Dillon, […]
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, Creative Nonfiction vs. Non-fiction: What’s with the Hyphen?, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 1 month ago
Bravo, Katie! I am staunchly on Team
Non-hyphen, ahem, NONhyphen. Maybe we should incite a revolution, our call to action sounded by renaming the genre Antifiction: a title that projects a deliberate and radical […] -
Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 1 month ago
Not sure they are each worth a thousand words, but these visual interpretations of common essay structures in Issue #49 of Creative Nonfiction are pretty handy for writers new to the genre.
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Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 1 month ago
The hook of Sarah Koenig’s podcast Serial is her (and her production team’s) meticulous investigation into the details of the state of Maryland’s story of how Adnan Syed murdered Hae Min Lee in 1999. Koenig lets […]
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Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 2 months ago
It’s awards season in Hollywood! I wish I could say I’ve watched any of the films that will be nominated for best picture this year, but I haven’t. The only movie I saw in the theater this year was X-Men: Days of […]
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Stephen J. West wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 2 months ago
Mary Karr shares how she writes to the threshold in The Paris Review. Paris Review – The Art of Memoir No. 1, Mary Karr.
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Stephen J. West joined the group Fact vs. Nonfiction 9 years, 3 months ago
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Stephen J. West commented on the post, The Porous Classroom, on the site Metagogy 9 years, 6 months ago
After reading this when Lytton first posted it, I’ve found myself repeating the word “porous” over and over again (not to mention its various iterations: “porousness,” “porosity,” “porously,” etc.) like a mantra, […]
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Stephen J. West joined the group Reader and Text 9 years, 6 months ago
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Stephen J. West joined the group The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 6 months ago
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