This introduction to the genre on Purdue OWL, Creative Non-Fiction (CNF) on Overview, discusses two key elements of powerfully written creative non-fiction. Creative non-fiction is a big label that includes memoir writing. The first element of Creative Non-Fiction is that the writer should take responsibility to convey an event or events that in some way […]
Readings from “Modern Love” in the New York Times
Below are three short memoir articles published in the popular 15 year old Modern Love column in the New York Times. “Let’s Meet Again in Five Years,” “When Your Main Man is Your Doorman” and, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” This last story went viral when it first came out. There is also […]
José Olivarez “Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing Poetry” on Medium
José Olivarez wrote this essay, Maybe I Could Save Myself By Writing Poetry” on the Medium.
