[stylist] January monthly lesson: creative nonfiction

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Chris,

The term creative nonfiction started getting bandied about in the late
60's, but it's actually been a style of writing for much, much longer.
In most programs, you will study writers like Thoreau, Hemingway and
Gertrude Stein. No one was necessarily considering some of these works
as a "fourth genre" of sorts at the time, but they are now recognized
under the current definition of creative nonfiction. Of course Hunter S.
Thompson is definitely another one too. His approach is usually
considered literary journalism, which is definitely a part of creative
nonfiction.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C. S. Lewis

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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 19:20:16 -0500
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
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Bridjit,

Thanks for sharing this enjoyable, and thorough, work on creative 
non-fiction. If I were your professor, you'd get an A+ on this piece.
It's 
very informative, well written, and the examples are excellent. I always

thought creative non-fiction started with Hunter S. Thompson's new, or 
'gonzo' journalism, back in the late 60s and 70s. But of course, his
work 
was very journalistically based, although you could call it memoir
and/or 
personal essay, since his methodology was to become a part of what he
wrote 
about (the Hell's Angels, for instance). But, I digress. Nice job, and 
thanks.

chris