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Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present
by Lex Williford
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Synopsis
From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism - this unique, indispensable anthology brings together fifty unforgettable works from all genres of creative nonfiction. Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this ...
From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism - this unique, indispensable anthology brings together fifty unforgettable works from all genres of creative nonfiction. Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970. Contents:
The fourth state of matter by Jo Ann Beard
Getting along with nature by Wendell Berry
The pain scale by Eula Biss
The unwanted child by Mary Clearman Blew
Torch song by Charles Bowden
Embalming Mom by Janet Burroway
Physical evidence by Kelly Grey Carlisle
The glass essay by Anne Carson
Burl's by Bernard Cooper
Visitor by Michael W. Cox
Living like weasels by Annie Dillard
Return to sender by Mark Doty
Leap by Brian Doyle
Somehow form a family by Tony Earley
Kissing by Anthony Farrington
The beautiful city of Tirzah by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher
Sun dance by Diane Glancy
Mirrorings by Lucy Grealy
Present tense Africa by William Harrison
Reading history to my mother by Robin Hemley
World on a hilltop by Adam Hochschild
A small place by Jamaica Kincaid
High tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver
Small rooms in time by Ted Kooser
The essayist is sorry for your loss by Sara Levine
Mastering the art of French cooking by E. J. Levy
Portrait of my body by Phillip Lopate
Flight by Barry Lopez
The undertaking by Thomas Lynch
Sorry by Lee Martin
Interstellar by Rebecca McClanahan
Bad eyes by Erin McGraw
The search for Marvin Gardens by John McPhee
The date by Brenda Miller
Son of Mr. Green Jeans by Dinty W. Moore
Celibate passion by Kathleen Norris
This is not who we are by Naomi Shihab Nye
Autopsy report by Lia Purpura
Watching the animals by Richard Rhodes
Shitdiggers, mudflats, and the worm men of Maine by Bill Roorbach
Repeat after me by David Sedaris
Imelda by Richard Selzer
The Pat Boone Fan Club by Sue William Silverman
A measure of acceptance by Floyd Skloot
Black swans by Lauren Slater
The love of my life by Cheryl Strayed
Mother tongue by Amy Tan
If you knew then what I know now by Ryan Van Meter
Consider the lobster by David Foster Wallace
Hawk by Joy Williams
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