This anthology brings together 50 diverse works of contemporary creative nonfiction, from memoirs to personal essays to literary journalism, along with 15 craft essays.
Preface.
Introduction.
The I.
The Eye.
The Idea of Truth.
The Use of Literary Elements.
I. PORTRAITS.
Introduction.
The I.
Bernard Cooper, Picking Plums.
Tony Earley, Somehow Form a Family.
Lucy Grealy, Mirrorings.
Jamaica Kincaid, Biography of a Dress.
Le Thi Diem Thuy, The Gangster We Are All Looking For.
John Edgar Wideman, from Brothers and Keepers.
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