Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, Third Edition
- 5h 55m
- Brenda Miller, Suzanne Paola
- McGraw-Hill
- 2019
Two award-winning authors reveal everything you need to know to develop your own distinctive voice and craft compelling, creative nonfiction
“Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant.”
―Emily Dickinson
With these words, Dickinson offers sound advice for nonfiction writers: Tell the truth but become more than mere transcribers of daily life. Since 2003, Tell It Slant has set the standard for creative nonfiction instruction, showing writers how to move beyond mere facts and, instead, make the most of their own “slant” on the world. This revised and updated third edition offers:
- New and expanded chapters on writing about identity, maintaining a productive work/life balance, and navigating the publishing industry
- An anthology with diverse pieces that range from traditional essay to the graphic memoir
- Expanded discussion of contemporary and emerging literary forms
- New “Try It” writing exercises throughout the book
Whether planning a course or learning on your own, Tell It Slant provides everything you need to know to develop a distinctive voice and to craft compelling creative nonfiction. This book provides the basis for a complete education in nonfiction writing, wherever your classroom might be.
About the Authors
Brenda Miller is a professor of English at Western Washington University. She is the author of five essay collections, and her work has received six Pushcart Prizes. Her latest book, An Earlier Life, received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir.
Suzanne Paola is a professor of English at Western Washington University and the editor-in-chief of the Bellingham Review. Awards for her books Body Toxic, A Mind Apart, Curious Atoms, and Make Me a Mother include a New York Times Notable Book, an American Book Award, one of Amazon’s Top Ten Memoirs of the Year, and many others.
In this Book
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The Body of Memory
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Writing the Family
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"Taking Place": Writing the Physical World
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Gathering the Threads of History
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The Body of Identity
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Writing the Arts
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Glorious Facts: Research and the Research Essay
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The Tradition of the Personal Essay
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Innovative Forms: The Wide Variety of Creative Nonfiction
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Mixed-Media, Cross-Genre, Hybrid, and Digital Works
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The Particular Challenges of Creative Nonfiction
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The Basics of Good Writing in Any Form
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The Writing Process and Revision
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The Power of Writing Communities
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Publishing Your Creative Nonfiction
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Putting on Our Editors' Hats
