{"product_id":"truth-in-nonfiction-essays-9781587296543","title":"Truth in Nonfiction: Essays","description":"Even before the controversy that surrounded the publication of \u003ci\u003eA Million Little Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e, the question of truth has been at the heart of memoir. From Elie Wiesel to Benjamin Wilkomirski to David Sedaris, the veracity of writers' claims has been suspect. In this fascinating and timely collection of essays, leading writers meditate on the subject of truth in literary nonfiction. As David Lazar writes in his introduction, \"How do we verify? Do we care to? (Do we dare to eat the apple of knowledge and say it's true? Or is it a peach?) Do we choose to? Is it a subcategory of faith? How do you respond when someone says, 'This is really true'? Why do they choose to say it then?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe past and the truth are slippery things, and the art of nonfiction writing requires the writer to shape as well as explore. In personal essays, meditations on the nature of memory, considerations of the genres of memoir, prose poetry, essay, fiction, and film, the contributors to this provocative collection attempt to find answers to the question of what truth in nonfiction means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: John D'Agata, Mark Doty, Su Friedrich, Joanna Frueh, Ray Gonz lez, Vivian Gornick, Barbara Hammer, Kathryn Harrison, Marianne Hirsch, Wayne Koestenbaum, Leonard Kriegel, David Lazar, Alphonso Lingis, Paul Lisicky, Nancy Mairs, Nancy K. Miller, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Phyllis Rose, Oliver Sacks, David Shields, and Leo Spitzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-198248\"\u003eDavid Lazar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 6.04w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587296543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587296543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lazar is the director of the nonfiction writing program at Columbia College Chicago, a professor in the Department of English, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e (Iowa, 2003), \u003ci\u003eMichael Powell: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with M. F. K. Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of prose poems, \u003ci\u003ePowder Town\u003c\/i\u003e. Four of his essays have been named Notable Essays of the Year by \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44447426609389,"sku":"9781587296543","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a7cd43a1-6c16-476e-ab91-b73d3f59cf6f.jpg?v=1700293465","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/truth-in-nonfiction-essays-9781587296543","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}