Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction

by Dinah Lenney and Roxane Gay

Book Overview

The late Judith Kitchen, editor of the perennially popular anthologies Short Takes, In Short, and In Brief, was greatly influential in recognizing and establishing flash creative nonfiction as a form in its own right. In Brief Encounters, she and writer/editor/actor Dinah Lenney expand this vibrant field with nearly eighty new selections: shorts--as these sharply focused pieces have come to be known-- representing an impressive range of voices, perspectives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393350991
• ISBN13: 9780393350999
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"