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Doug Miller of MLB.com reviewed Anatomy of Baseball and found that the collection "hit[s] hardball from all angles. Read the whole review here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080505&content_id=2645126&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp

Anatomy of Baseball contributor Stefan Fatsis talked about his essay, "My Glove: A Biography," with Robert Seigel on NPR's "All Things Considered." Hear the interview and read an excerpt of Fatsis's essay here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89193493

The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume 1 received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly! Read the whole review here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6458352.html?industryid=47263

Poets & Writers magazine explored the growing popularity of the genre and also reviewed the great (and endless) debate over what this kind of writing we all love so much should be called. Read the whole story here: http://www.pw.org/mag/0709/newsweinman.htm

Luna Park, an online magazine devoted to the world of little and literary magazines, recently reviewed Issue #31: Imagining the Future. See what nice things they had to say: http://lunaparkreview.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-issue-review-creative-nonfiction-no.html

Foreword Magazine reviewed Issue #30, also published as a book by Other Press. See what they had to say about Our Roots Are Deep With Passion: http://www.forewordmagazine.com/reviews/viewreviews.aspx?reviewID=3628

Click here to read Pittsburgh City Paper's insightful piece about the James Frey scandal and ethics in writing: http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A19690

In an article tackling the repercussions from the James Frey incident, Publisher's Weekly used CNF Issue 29 as a touchstone for truth in memoir. Read the whole story here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6386307.html

This Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about the third annual 412 festival gives an overview of the events and reflections on the festival's theme of ethics in writing: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735136-44.stm

News about Creative Nonfiction authors

What Creative Nonfiction and Houghton-Mifflin Have in Common

Kudos to D. Winston Brown! One of Creative Nonfiction's very own is having his thoughtful essay "Ghost Children" from Issue 28 picked up for the anthology "The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007" published by Houghton-Mifflin.

Winners Announced for the Silence Kills Essay Competition

Congratulations to Merilee D. Karr who won first prize for her essay “Missing” and to runners up Pamela Skjolsvik for “You Have the Right to Remain Silent,” Tamara Dean for “Saving My Breath,” and Grace Talusan for “Foreign Bodies.” The Jewish Healthcare Foundation is awarding prizes of $1,000 for the first place essay and $500 for the three finalists. Silence Kills: Speaking Out and Saving Lives is a collection of a dozen essays from patients and their caregivers that address the devastating human results that can occur from a lack of communication and understanding among those in the health care profession. Silence Kills will be Issue 33 of Creative Nonfiction and will also be published as a book by Southern Methodist University Press this fall.