Contributor
Bret Lott
Bret Lott is the author of fourteen books. “On Za’atar” is from his forthcoming collection, Cherries on the Golan, Olives in Jerusalem, about food and hope and the Holy Land. His first appearance in Creative Nonfiction occurred in the last century, with issue number 5. He has spoken on Flannery O’Connor at the White House, served as editor and director of the Southern Review from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the National Council on the Arts for seven years. Since 1986, except for a three-year stint at Louisiana State University, he has taught at the College of Charleston, where he served as nonfiction editor of Crazyhorse for fourteen years. He and his wife, Melanie, live in beautiful Hollywood, South Carolina.
Recent Writing
On Za’atar
Considering a spice mixture that is far more than the sum of its partsIssue 76
Against Technique
Creating Nonfiction (eBook)
Against Technique
I’ve been asked to write about fictive techniques and how they have informed my creative nonfiction, and now that I have begun, the truth is that I can tell you just about anything.Issue 17
Genesis
I am sitting in the sanctuary, a few rows from the front: to my left, my mom, my dad and my little brother, Timmy, in Mom’s lap, sleeping; to my right, my older brother, Brad.Issue 27
Royal Crown
The summer I turned 15, I started working for Royal Crown Cola, spent my entire summer vacation loading empties onto the bottling line in the plant in Phoenix, where my dad had been transferred.Issue 05
