{"product_id":"in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction-paperback","title":"In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Paumier Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJudith Kitchen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.29 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755704221984,"sku":"9780393314922","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d92ef907d7ed0758f277e0d6a9b918b6.webp?v=1780066373","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}