The Fine art of Literary Fist-Fighting : : how a Bunch of Rabble-Rousers, Outsiders, and Ne'er-Do-Wells Concocted Creative Nonfiction

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Call Number: 809.988 Gu, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / General / Gutkind, Lee
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Introduction -- Part 1 : Who made this name up? ; The changemakers ; The first creative nonfictionists ; A statue of a woman in the Pittsburgh airport and all she represents ; What white publishers won't print ; F*** the establishment ; The imperfect primer -- Part 2 : The shoe dog goes to college ; A mentor, a mountain man, and the beginning of the writing life ; Innocent victims ; Manipulating material--and the people you are writing about ; A larger reality? Or the untrue truth? ; Dissing the memoir -- Part 3 : After all, gentlemen, we are interested in literature here--not writing ; Bricks, underwear, and fake vomit--and a Guinness world record ; Wrters invading the academy ; Drama and trauma ; Mud and coconuts -- Part 4 : How creative nonfiction became creative nonfiction ; The first issue: a dining room disaster ; Do poets write prose? ; The first creative nonfiction conference--and George Plimpton's revenge ; The business of art? Or the art of doing business ; The last creative nonfiction "fist-fight" -- Epilogue.
"In the 1970s, Lee Gutkind, a leather-clad hippie motorcyclist and former public relations writer, fought his way into the academy. Then he took on his colleagues. His goal: to make creative nonfiction an accepted academic discipline, one as vital as poetry, drama, and fiction. In this book Gutkind tells the true story of how creative nonfiction became a leading genre for both readers and writers" --Front jacket flap.

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