Narrative Nonfiction

What's My Genre, Anyway?

Ming Holden | Posted 02.04.2012

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Ming Holden

The appropriation of a piece of literature to a certain genre is a process descriptive of the political moment in which the text finds itself; it's indicative of what's permitted to be described as fact in a particular cultural atmosphere, whether it's intended to be or not.

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Take Off Broadway, Off Coal: Love, in the Time of Blasting

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Biggers

This is the scene, when the coal-fired electricity that lights up New York City's neon theatre district lowers on stage: We are inside the home of Ma...

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In Defense of James Frey and Memoir

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Dale Norton

The function of a memoir is to make a truth about a life lived that resonates in the bones of the writer and sends out shock waves of recognition to readers.

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