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Book Review: The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats and Ex-Countries, by Jessa Crispin

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In an effort to stave off breakdown, writer, critic and editor of the (now sadly defunct) Bookslut Jessa […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #10: Kathleen Jamie

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If you want to write creative non-fiction, please read Kathleen Jamie. Why? Because she’s a poet. Forget daffodils. […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #9: MFK Fisher

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Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was a nice, privately-educated girl from California. Then she went to Europe and her […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #8: Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell by Dan Toller

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In my mind Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell are the power couple of narrative nonfiction. I am not […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #7: David Foster Wallace by Daniel Carpenter

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When considering the best essayists from across the Atlantic, a number of names come to mind. David Sedaris […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #6: Gay Talese by Benjamin Judge

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My wife has been ill. This essay was supposed to be finished days ago but my wife has […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #5: Hunter S Thompson

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This post was submitted by Dan Toller, of the excellent The Electric Typewriter archive. Thanks, Dan! I saw Fear […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #4: Joan Didion

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At the tender age of 22, Joan Didion won a Vogue essay contest. It was 1956, decades before […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #3: Nora Ephron

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The other night, I was out with a friend who, like me, loves Beyoncé. We were engaged in […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #2: David Quammen

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A writing teacher introduced me to Quammen by handing me an essay entitled, Synecdoche and the Trout. It’s […]

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