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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: We're currently accepting submissions for a special issue about Southern Sin. Or, you can always pitch us an idea; submit a micro-essay via Twitter; or send a true story, well told, about any subject.


Issue 44 (Spring 2012)

 

Pre-Order: This issue will ship in early May.

Creative Nonfiction #44 features a slew of true stories about navigating unfamiliar terrain: going out into Cairo in niqab; searching for a young man lost in the Grand Canyon; waiting for news about a possible nuclear accident in Ukraine; decoding an invitation in Vietnam; and committing (digital) atrocities in foreign lands.

CNF #44 also explores the line between documentation and exploitation; the legacy of mid-century environmental writers; the small publishing landscape; and the quiet pleasures of quotidian nonfiction. It will be on its way to subscribers in early May. If you're not a subscriber, pre-order your copy today!

 

Issue 43 (Fall/Winter 2011)

Anger & Revenge

If revenge is a dish best served cold, the Anger & Revenge issue is a wintery feast. The meanest batch of essays CNF has ever published includes a post-divorce bonfire; post-traumatic stress; an assassination attempt; a kidnapping plot; Dick Cheney, and more. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Plus, Buzz Bissinger talks about waking up angry, how he chooses his subjects, and why he feels comfortable not being objective; Ned Stuckey-French makes a case for expanding the essay canon; Anthony Aycock stretches out on the page; and Phillip Lopate gets lost in the library. Available now!


In Fact Books

In Fact Books is the Creative Nonfiction Foundation's new book imprint.

Learn more about the imprint and our first two books here.

 

Calls for Submissions:



SOUTHERN SIN
We're looking for essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness. Read more.


EVERYTHING
We're always reading general submissions. Guidelines here.


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The Daily Show Editor Lee Gutkind appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about robots and his new book, Almost Human.
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