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From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:11:07 -0800
What is "CREATIVE' nonfiction? It seems like an oxymoron. Is it the fibs, based on truth, Attorney General Ashcrap tells? Is it twisted p.c. biography or history that somehow shoe horns in all that is p.c.? Is it Sandburg's Lincoln books?
Please--elucidate on this topic.
"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Mon 01 Apr 2002 07:11:07 PM CST
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:11:07 -0800
What is "CREATIVE' nonfiction? It seems like an oxymoron. Is it the fibs, based on truth, Attorney General Ashcrap tells? Is it twisted p.c. biography or history that somehow shoe horns in all that is p.c.? Is it Sandburg's Lincoln books?
Please--elucidate on this topic.
"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Mon 01 Apr 2002 07:11:07 PM CST
