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The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting

How a Bunch of Rabble-Rousers, Outsiders, and Ne'er-do-wells Concocted Creative Nonfiction
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2024

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An account of the emergence of creative nonfiction, written by the “godfather” of the genre

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Lee Gutkind has been called the “Godfather behind creative nonfiction” by Vanity Fair. He founded Creative Nonfiction magazine in 1994 and is the editor or author of more than thirty books. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    Introduction

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  • PART 1
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    Chapter 1: Who Made This Name Up?

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    Chapter 2: The Changemakers

    14
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    Chapter 3: The First Creative Nonfictionists

    23
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    Chapter 4: A Statue of a Woman in the Pittsburgh Airport and All She Represents

    38
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    Chapter 5: What White Publishers Won’t Print

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    Chapter 6: F*** the Establishment

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    Chapter 7: The Imperfect Primer

    70
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  • PART 2
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    Chapter 8: The Shoe Dog Goes to College

    81
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    Chapter 9: A Mentor, a Mountain Man, and the Beginning of the Writing Life

    92
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    Chapter 10: Innocent Victims

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    Chapter 11: Manipulating Material—and the People You Are Writing About

    110
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    Chapter 12: A Larger Reality? Or the Untrue Truth?

    119
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    Chapter 13: Dissing the Memoir

    133
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  • PART 3
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    Chapter 14: After All, Gentlemen, We Are Interested in Literature Here—Not Writing

    147
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    Chapter 15: Bricks, Underwear, Fake Vomit—and a Guinness World Record

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    Chapter 16: Writers Invading the Academy

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    Chapter 17: Drama and Trauma

    171
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    Chapter 18: Mud and Coconuts

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    Chapter 19: How Creative Nonfiction Became Creative Nonfiction

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    Chapter 20: The First Issue: A Dining Room Disaster

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    Chapter 21: Do Poets Write Prose?

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    Chapter 22: The First Creative Nonfiction Conference—and George Plimpton’s Revenge

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    Chapter 23: The Business of Art? Or the Art of Doing the Art Business

    236
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    Chapter 24: The Last Creative Nonfiction “Fist-Fight”

    245
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    Epilogue

    253
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    Acknowledgments

    265
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    Notes

    267
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    Index

    281
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9780300274592
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