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From: Annette Goldsmith <agoldsmith.fsu_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:07:24 -0700
I have really been enjoying this discussion, too! I agree with Ed that “nonfiction” is the accepted blanket term, problematic though it is. I’ve mentioned this in an earlier ccbc-net discussion, but will say again here that I like to use “narrative nonfiction” because from a storytelling point of view nonfiction, thoughtfully explored and well told, is certainly as compelling as fiction.
Annette
Annette Goldsmith, PhD
Guest Faculty
University of Washington Information School
Seattle, WA
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Chair, 2010 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee
Member, 2010-2011 USBBY Outstanding International Books Committee
Member, 2010-2011 Schneider Family Book Award Jury
State Representative, ALAN (California)
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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:28 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Cc: Ginny Moore Kruse Subject: RE:
Not Nonfiction
“I use the word nonfiction because nobody has come up with a satisfactory alternative and we're probably stuck with it, but I do make a point of stressing to people its inadequacies.”
Received on Tue 19 Oct 2010 09:07:24 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:07:24 -0700
I have really been enjoying this discussion, too! I agree with Ed that “nonfiction” is the accepted blanket term, problematic though it is. I’ve mentioned this in an earlier ccbc-net discussion, but will say again here that I like to use “narrative nonfiction” because from a storytelling point of view nonfiction, thoughtfully explored and well told, is certainly as compelling as fiction.
Annette
Annette Goldsmith, PhD
Guest Faculty
University of Washington Information School
Seattle, WA
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Chair, 2010 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee
Member, 2010-2011 USBBY Outstanding International Books Committee
Member, 2010-2011 Schneider Family Book Award Jury
State Representative, ALAN (California)
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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:28 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Cc: Ginny Moore Kruse Subject: RE:
Not Nonfiction
“I use the word nonfiction because nobody has come up with a satisfactory alternative and we're probably stuck with it, but I do make a point of stressing to people its inadequacies.”
Received on Tue 19 Oct 2010 09:07:24 AM CDT
