{"product_id":"in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction-9780393314922","title":"In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomething is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational, complete in themselves, and short--very short. Although the form has not had a name until now, the writers who are attracted to it include the known--Tim O'Brien, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael Ondaatje--as well as just-discovered voices in the field of creative nonfiction, a genre that is transforming the essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelights and surprises await the reader in this rich gathering of Shorts. From Diane Ackerman's fascination with hummingbirds, to Andrei Codrescu's idiosyncratic view of nostalgia, to Albert Goldbarth's free-wheeling riff on the universe, each Short--ranging from several paragraphs to 2,000 words--becomes a sharply focused lens on an outer world or an inner sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eIn Short\u003c\/em\u003e, reflecting almost every way in which nonfiction can be written, is for all readers (and writers) who thrive on imaginative play and aesthetic satisfaction. Pick up this book; open it up. See if you can resist it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Mary Paumier:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMary Paumier Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Rochester. Jones, who teaches creative nonfiction, has a degree in library science.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKitchen, Judith:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Writer and educator \u003cstrong\u003eJudith Kitchen\u003c\/strong\u003e (1941-2014) was the cofounder of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674813731090,"sku":"9780393314922","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_456edd37-8126-4769-97e5-0335d22353a3.jpg?v=1733866188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction-9780393314922","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}