[stylist] January monthly lesson- creative nonfiction

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

I believe that Sedaris wrote a collection of humorous pieces about Christmas; the lead piece was about working as a department store Santa.  I found some of the articles to be an absolute hoot.

Shawn

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
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Donna,

I love Sedaris. He's one of my favorite nonfiction writers. I have his entire book, Naked, in Word if you'd like it. I can convert it into a zip folder and send.

Maxine Hong Kingston is another favorite. I like how both mix real-life with their imaginings and conjecture. Terry Tempest Williams does this too, but I haven't read much by her, though I love the piece I posted here. These are three of the big ones most writing programs use to study among many other greats. The Kingston and Williams pieces were studied in almost every class I had, grin. I wanted to share some pieces of creative nonfiction from writers who are respected and well-published in the writing community.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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C. S. Lewis

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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:35:04 -0500
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Bridgit,
Excellent job on this! I haven't read the examples yet, but have saved them for later. I am particularly fond of The Santaland Diaries, but haven't read anything else he has written. Donna 


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