Lee Gutkind is the founding editor of Creative Nonfiction and prize-winning author or editor of more than a dozen books, the most recent of which, Almost Human: Making Robots Think, was featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. As founder of the creative nonfiction movement, according to Harper's Magazine, and the "godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair), Gutkind travels widely throughout the world giving workshops and readings, explaining the craft and the mission of the genre.
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THE GENRE: WHAT IS CREATIVE NONFICTION?
Creative nonfiction stories are dramatic, true stories that use scene, dialogue and close, detailed descriptions--techniques usually employed by poets and fiction writers--to examine and explore a variety of subjects: politics, economics, sports, race relations, family relations , the arts and sciences and more.
Creative nonfiction heightens the whole concept and idea of essay writing. It allows a writer to employ the the diligence of a reporter, the shifting voices and viewpoints of a novelist, the refined wordplay of a poet and the analytical modes of the essayist.
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APPEARANCES
August 12-14, 2008 |
Creative Nonfiction Seminar, Bar-Ilan University, Jerusalem, Israel
For more information or to register, contact Judy Labensohn at judylabensohn@gmail.com
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September 13, 2008 |
Council for the Written Word Workshop, Franklin, TN
For more information or to register, visit www.cww-writers.org
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September 20, 2008 |
Turning Trauma into Treasure Writing Workshops, Washington, DC
For more information or to register, visit www.creativenonfiction.org
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