Creative Nonfiction is the voice of the genre. Every issue includes long-form essays blending style with substance; writing that pushes the genre’s boundaries; commentary and notes on craft; conversations with writers; and more. Simply put, Creative Nonfiction demonstrates the depth and versatility of the genre it helped define.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATIONS
We’re Naked Underneath Our Clothes • The best lessons rarely make the syllabus. JILL CHRISTMAN remembers a disastrous creative nonfiction class from early in her career, and considers how she would salvage the evening now.
A Luminous Amazement at Existence • PATRICIA HAMPL on finding inspiration in travel, losses, and time-wasting
The Queen Signal
The Littlest Wren
The Flaming Hair of Fate
In the Midst of Winter
The Dark Month
Relevé: To Rise
The Hotel Cadiz
No One’s a Virgin
When I Say Goodbye
EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES • The Wildebeest, or Everything and Nothing: The History of Pain
afterWORDS • TINY TRUTHS from winners of the daily #cnftweet contest