Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

By John McPhee, Sara Levine, Brenda Miller, et al.

Book Overview

From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this indispensable anthology brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty contemporary writers including Cheryl Strayed, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, and more.Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970. Contributers include: Jo Ann Beard, Wendell Berry, Eula Biss, Mary Clearman Blew, Charles Bowden, Janet Burroway, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Anne Carson, Bernard Cooper, Michael W. Cox, Annie Dillard, Mark Doty, Brian Doyle, Tony Earley, Anthony Farrington, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Diane Glancy, Lucy Grealy, William Harrison, Robin Hemley, Adam Hochschild, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver, Ted Kooser, Sara Levine, E.J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Thomas Lynch, Lee Martin, Rebecca McCLanahan, Erin McGraw, John McPhee, Brenda Miller, Dinty W. Moore, Kathleen Norris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lia Purpura, Richard Rhodes, Bill Roorbach, David Sedaris, Richard Selzer, Sue William Silverman, Floyd Skloot, Lauren Slater, Cheryl Strayed, Amy Tan, Ryan Van Meter, David Foster Wallace, and Joy Williams.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416531742
• ISBN13: 9781416531746
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to creative nonfiction

This anthology was my first experience to creative nonfiction, and I have to say it's a great one. Lots of fantastic, inspirational essays which demonstrate the breadth of creative nonfiction. I didn't love *all* of them, but certainly enough that I kept the book afterward instead of selling it back. I definitely recommend it.

Slow but beautiful

The book took a few more days than i expected to arrive, but it was in great shape, I couldn't have chosen a better used book if I had gone to a used book store myself! Thanks