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In Short a Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction by Mary Paumier Jones and Judith Kitchen (1996, Trade Paperback)
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In Short : A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction, Paperback by Kitchen, Judith (EDT); Jones, Mary Paumier (EDT), ISBN 0393314928, ISBN-13 9780393314922, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A collection of brief essays offers reflections on hummingbirds, ice cream, a cemetery, nostalgia, and sighing
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393314928
ISBN-139780393314922
eBay Product ID (ePID)137219
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn Short a Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicEssays, Readers
IllustratorYes
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
AuthorMary Paumier Jones, Judith Kitchen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-039350
ReviewsTo read In Short is to experience, in essay after essay, the disproportionate power of the small to move, persuade, and change us., To read ?In Short? is to experience, in essay after essay, the disproportionate power of the small to move, persuade, and change us., [I]t was [In Short] that began to define the genre and galvanize the flash nonfiction movement....The table of contents is a veritable roll call of literary nonfiction standouts (and quite a few poets too)...The editors did a stunning job.
SynopsisSomething is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational, complete in themselves, and short--very short. Although the form has not had a name until now, the writers who are attracted to it include the known--Tim O'Brien, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael Ondaatje--as well as just-discovered voices in the field of creative nonfiction, a genre that is transforming the essay. Delights and surprises await the reader in this rich gathering of Shorts. From Diane Ackerman's fascination with hummingbirds, to Andrei Codrescu's idiosyncratic view of nostalgia, to Albert Goldbarth's free-wheeling riff on the universe, each Short--ranging from several paragraphs to 2,000 words--becomes a sharply focused lens on an outer world or an inner sensibility. In Short, reflecting almost every way in which nonfiction can be written, is for all readers (and writers) who thrive on imaginative play and aesthetic satisfaction. Pick up this book; open it up. See if you can resist it., Something is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational, complete in themselves, and short--very short. Although the form has not had a name until now, the writers who are attracted to it include the known--Tim O'Brien, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael Ondaatje--as well as just-discovered voices in the field of creative nonfiction, a genre that is transforming the essay. Delights and surprises await the reader in this rich gathering of Shorts. From Diane Ackerman's fascination with hummingbirds, to Andrei Codrescu's idiosyncratic view of nostalgia, to Albert Goldbarth's free-wheeling riff on the universe, each Short--ranging from several paragraphs to 2,000 words--becomes a sharply focused lens on an outer world or an inner sensibility. In Short , reflecting almost every way in which nonfiction can be written, is for all readers (and writers) who thrive on imaginative play and aesthetic satisfaction. Pick up this book; open it up. See if you can resist it.
LC Classification NumberPS688.I5 1996
