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Founded in 1999, River Teeth combines the best of creative nonfiction, including narrative reportage, essays, and memoirs, as well as critical essays that examine the genre and that explore the impact of nonfiction narrative on the lives of its writers, subjects, and readers.

A journal combining the best of creative nonfiction, including narrative reportage, essays & memoir, with critical essays that examine the emerging genre & that explore the impact of nonfiction narrative on the lives of its writers, subjects, & readers.

Focusing this intense, insightful nonfiction narrative on her experiences with patients who died, Pauline Chen presents a compelling account of her career as a surgeon.

River Teeth is a biannual journal combining the best of creative nonfiction, including narrative reportage, essays and memoir, with critical essays that examine the emerging genre and that explore the impact of nonfiction narrative on the lives of its writers, subjects, and readers.

Not exact matches

While in the narrative realm James Gunn's «Super», Peter Stebbings» «Defendor» and Matthew Vaughn's ultra-stylized Kick - Ass, among others, have examined the worlds and worldviews of those who take on a superhero guise without any particular special powers, «Superheroes» is a nonfiction look at those who don self - made spandex costumes along with alter egos, patrolling city streets at night to stop evildoers and protect the innocent.

Speaking to Variety's chief film critic Scott Foundas, Mann discusses growing up in Chicago, becoming interested in crime stories, the visual ideas he had for the film, the nonfiction book he discarded but still credited, the influence of real criminals and past films (particularly his eye - opening time shooting The Jericho Mile in Folsom Prison), choosing Tangerine Dream to do the score (a decision he still second guesses), the film's writing (including basing characters on real crime figures), casting, explosive stunts, changes made from the shooting script, and the modernist narrative.

In the Heart of the Sea is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's nonfiction book, which explored two narratives of the sinking of the whaling boat Essex in 1820 — one from a hardy first mate, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), and another from a cabin boy, Thomas Nickerson (played by Tom Holland as a youngster, and Brendan Gleeson in his advanced years).

As a result of this daily focus on reading nonfiction and writing in response to argumentative, informative and narrative prompts, we have witnessed greater gains in our students» writing, analytical thinking skills and confidence than we have ever experienced before in over two decades of combined teaching.

These carefully curated selections include exceptional works of narrative nonfiction, informational texts, and historical fiction on an array of topics.

She focuses primarily on literary and commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction.

Erik is looking for the following: literary / upmarket fiction with an emphasis on plot (as in, nothing too slow / quiet / static); popular and academic / trade science nonfiction, especially evolutionary biology; narrative history and biography; contemporary culture criticism (think Klosterman); sports books, if it's got a scope that extends past just games and players and into culture / larger issues.

On common subjects — say, football — it's essential to have some lists that group the best histories, biographies, how - to guides, and narrative nonfiction.

We also have two professional screenwriters on staff, who specialize in writing screenplay adaptations of novels and story - driven narrative nonfiction.

This is because «nonfiction» covers a multitude of topics, including historical nonfiction narratives, current events and political books, as well books on health and self - help topics by television personalities.

This promotion focuses on 14 books currently available in electronic format that are representative of Little, Brown's list: 7 works of fiction and 7 works of narrative nonfiction that encompass both classics and notable bestsellers.»

Both also distribute their published works on Kindle Singles, with several starring on the bestseller list there, including The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin (Byliner) by Elizabeth Mitchell, a 44 - page true - crime account of a brutal bank heist taking place in turn - of - the - century Manhattan, and Blind Sight (Atavist) by Chris Colin, a 38 - page nonfiction narrative about a Hollywood movie producer's horrific car wreck that killed his new wife and his subsequent 10 - year journey recovering from devastating brain injuries.

On occasion, I run writing workshops, edit fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and consult on writing narrative fiction and screenplayOn occasion, I run writing workshops, edit fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and consult on writing narrative fiction and screenplayon writing narrative fiction and screenplays.

Please note that Indie Author Services» focus is on fiction and narrative nonfiction book formatting.

She represents and is on the lookout for literary and historical fiction, upmarket women's fiction, propulsive narrative nonfiction, essay collections, and select memoir.

Rachel is currently on the hunt for strong nonfiction voices, and would especially love to see some true crime, compelling narrative memoirs, career / personal development / growth books, or select works in the health sector (especially interested in cancer, Alzheimer's, brain / memory books).

It publishes «narrative and literary nonfiction on important topics, and the best of local, international, and translated fiction.»

In other forms of narrative nonfiction, it's thought that only with traditional advances on royalties can the research be afforded and the books be written.

We focus on fiction of all genres and narrative nonfiction.

Hi Adam — Narrative nonfiction is a diverse genre, so it would depend on the precise subgenre we're talking about.

But I think it'd be interesting at this moment to take a step back and examine what the basic building blocks of new media narratives and nonfictions are now, what they might be in the future, and then consider how a clever group of artists, publishers, retailers, and librarians might flip the current ecosystem on it's back.