{"product_id":"touchstone-anthology-of-contemporary-creative-nonfiction-work-from-1970-to-the-present-9781416531746","title":"Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present","description":"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 Kingsol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLex Williford\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the bilingual writing program at the University of Texas, El Paso. He previously taught in the writing programs at Southern Illinois University and the University of Alabama. His collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eMacauley's Thumb\u003c\/i\u003e, was co-winner of the 1993 Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. He lives with his wife in El Paso, Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Martone\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Iowa State University, Harvard University, and Syracuse University. He is currently teaching at the University of Alabama, where he has directed the MFA Program in Creative Writing. \u003ci\u003eDouble-wide: Collected Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is his eighth book of stories. Racing in Place, his third book of nonfiction, will be published in 2008. He has edited six other volumes of prose including the Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction with Lex Williford. He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717103522066,"sku":"9781416531746","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e48a0e4c-ea3b-4240-be24-22ae77523718.jpg?v=1734609572","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/touchstone-anthology-of-contemporary-creative-nonfiction-work-from-1970-to-the-present-9781416531746","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}