The Far Edges of the Fourth Genre: An Anthology of Explorations in Creative Nonfiction

Presented here are 18 essays by contemporary American creative nonfiction writers, who explore questions related to the genre. The various topics explored include how they entered the genre, how the essay can be compared to phone hacking, how the internet affects experiences and representations of the real, how time is constructed, why writers write creative nonfiction and what the stories mean, why creative nonfiction might need to be more overtly political, the concept of truth, and memory. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)