I'll tell you mine : thirty years of essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

I'll tell you mine Thirty years of essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

Book - 2015

The University of Iowa is a leading light in the writing world. In addition to the Iowa Writers Workshop for poets and fiction writers, it houses the prestigious Nonfiction Writing Program (NWP), which was the first full-time masters-granting program in this genre in the United States. Over the past three decades the NWP has produced some of the most influential nonfiction writers in the country.

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Subjects
University of Iowa. > Nonfiction Writing Program.
1900-2099
Creative nonfiction, American > 20th century.
Creative nonfiction, American > 21st century.
Creative nonfiction, American.
Essays.
Genres
Essays
Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press 2015.
Language
English
Other Authors
Robert Atwan (writer of introduction)
Item Description
Collection of stories by graduates of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program.
Physical Description
xxxiv, 244 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780226306339
9780226306476
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: How Nonfiction Finally Achieved Literary Status
  • One Blue Note
  • Black Men
  • Borders
  • Cousins
  • O Wilderness
  • Anechoic
  • Round Trip
  • Bruce Springsteen and the Story of Us
  • The Rain Makes the Roof Sing
  • How I Know Orion
  • Grammar Lessons: The Subjunctive Mood
  • JUDY! JUDY! JUDY!
  • The Bamenda Syndrome
  • High Maintenance
  • Slaughter
  • Things I Will Want to Tell You on Our First Date but Won't
  • The Last Days of the Baldock
  • Desperate for the Story
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editors and Contributors
  • The Rain Makes the Roof Sing
  • Desperate for the Story
  • Borders
  • Bruce Springsteen and the Story of Us
  • Cousins
  • O Wilderness
  • One Blue Note
  • How I Know Orion
  • High Maintenance
  • Round Trip
  • Grammar Lessons: The Subjunctive Mood
  • Black Men
  • Slaughter
  • Anechoic
  • JUDY! JUDY! JUDY!
  • Things I Will Want to Tell You on Our First Date but Won't
  • The Bamenda Syndrome
  • The Last Days of the Baldock
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This enthralling anthology assembles what the editors identify as the best writing to come out of the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, featuring varied and stunning essays from both well-known and lesser-known virtuosos of the personal and narrative essay. Pieces from Jo Ann Beard ("Cousins"), John D'Agata ("Round Trip"), and Will Jennings ("How I Know Orion") particularly stand out. Many know the University of Iowa as home to the famous Writers' Workshop, which offers M.F.A.s for fiction and poetry. The nonfiction program, although much younger, is heir to the same world-class tradition, as proved here with such selections as Inara Verzemniek's phenomenal "The Last Day of the Baldock," the product of her immersion in an Oregon squatters' community. Each essay is followed by a newly written afterword by the author; these typically combine discussion of the craft with accounts of the years and iterations an essay goes through on the way to publication. This expertly curated anthology holds abundant value for the student of writing and lover of literature alike. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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