{"product_id":"the-fine-art-of-literary-fist-fighting-how-a-bunch-of-rabble-rousers-outsiders-and-neer-do-wells-concocted-creative-nonfiction-9780300281910","title":"The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting: How a Bunch of Rabble-Rousers, Outsiders, and Ne'er-Do-Wells Concocted Creative Nonfiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn account of the emergence of creative nonfiction, written by the \"godfather\" of the genre\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"When [Gutkind] stops to look back on his own evolving perspective . . . [and] reflects upon his writing career, the choices he made . . . he puts himself, and us, right back in the moment--and the results are vivid, ambiguous, emotionally resonant, fascinating.\"--Lucas Mann, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the 1970s, Lee Gutkind, a leather-clad hippie motorcyclist and former public relations writer, fought his way into the academy. Then he took on his colleagues. His goal: to make creative nonfiction an accepted academic discipline, one as vital as poetry, drama, and fiction. In this book Gutkind tells the true story of how creative nonfiction became a leading genre for both readers and writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Creative nonfiction--true stories enriched by relevant ideas, insights, and intimacies--offered liberation to writers, allowing them to push their work in freewheeling directions. The genre also opened doors to outsiders--doctors, lawyers, construction workers--who felt they had stories to tell about their lives and experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gutkind documents the evolution of the genre, discussing the lives and work of such practitioners as Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Rachel Carson, Upton Sinclair, Janet Malcolm, and Vivian Gornick. Gutkind also highlights the ethics of writing creative nonfiction, including how writers handle the distinctions between fact and fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gutkind's book narrates the story not just of a genre but of the person who brought it to the forefront of the literary and journalistic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Gutkind\u003c\/b\u003e has been called the \"Godfather behind creative nonfiction\" by \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. He founded \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1994 and is the editor or author of more than thirty books. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181850591506,"sku":"9780300281910","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_983aeadf-cbfd-4cba-b91f-354275a34377.jpg?v=1744405667","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fine-art-of-literary-fist-fighting-how-a-bunch-of-rabble-rousers-outsiders-and-neer-do-wells-concocted-creative-nonfiction-9780300281910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}