Issue #50, Fall 13/Winter 14
CNF Gold
Our 50th issue is a big deal--and that's not just hype. CNF #50 spans two seasons (Fall and Winter!) and is nearly double the length of a normal issue of Creative Nonfiction.
To celebrate almost 20 years of literary publishing, we've created the ultimate reading experience. This issue serves as an in-depth primer and a kickass introduction for anyone new to the magazine (or the genre), while providing longtime readers with new insight and never-before-told stories about the origins of Creative Nonfiction--and a peek into the future--from founding editor Lee Gutkind.
PLUS: We're bringing out some of our greatest hits. The issue features ten remarkable true stories from our first 50 issues, with new introductions from CNF editors past and present.
It's Creative Nonfiction gold!
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What's the Story by Lee Gutkind
From the Editor -
Meander by Mary Paumier Jones
Sometimes you have to wander to get where you're going -
The Square Root of True by FRED
A virtual roundtable on the art of micro-essaying
Table of Contents
From the Editor Lee Gutkind ... read more
“How Many Times Did You Almost Go out of Business with This Thing?” Michael Rosenwald
The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting Lee Gutkind
Meander Mary Paumier Jones ... read more
The Necessity of Poetry Charles Simic
Three Spheres Lauren Slater
Love Letters Megan Foss
Ramalamadingdong Elena Passarello
Notes from a Difficult Case Ruthann Robson
Hector and the Beauty Queens Sam Quinones
Then You'll Be Straight Margaret Price
Eight Questions You Would Ask Me If I Told You My Name Ayşe Papatya Bucak
The Intimacy of Forks Liesl Schwabe
Contributors
"Fred"
“Fred” is a collective of regular #cnftweet contributors. Members include: Stephanie Austin (@lucysky) Chelsea... read more
Ayşe Papatya Bucak
Ayşe Papatya Bucak teaches in the MFA program at Florida Atlantic University. Her prose has appeared in a variety of journals including... read more
Megan Foss
Megan Foss earned her MA at Western Washington University. read more
Lee Gutkind
Lee Gutkind, recognized by Vanity Fair as “the Godfather behind creative nonfiction,” is the founder and editor of Creative... read more
Mary Paumier Jones
Mary Paumier Jones coedited two anthologies wtih Judith Kitchen: In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction and In Brief: Short... read more
Elena Passarello
When "Ramalamadingdong" was first published, Elena Passarello told Creative Nonfiction that her favorite lyricists were... read more
Margaret Price
Margaret Price is an associate professor of writing at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her book Mad at School: Rhetorics of... read more
Sam Quinones
Sam Quinones is a journalist and author of two books of narrative nonfiction about Mexico and Mexican immigration. He is at work on his... read more
Ruthann Robson
Ruthann Robson, a professor of law and University Distinguished Professor at City University of New York, writes legal scholarship and... read more
Michael Rosenwald
Michael Rosenwald is a staff writer at The Washington Post. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Smithsonian, ... read more
Liesl Schwabe
Liesl Schwabe's essays have been published in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, AGNI, Post Road, The Writer's... read more
Charles Simic
Charles Simic is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Hampshire. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 and was the... read more
Lauren Slater
Lauren Slater is a psychologist and writer. Her books include Welcome to My Country, Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, and ... read more
