Creative Nonfiction Defined: Yes You Can
Oftentimes, at the end of a long day of manuscript sorting high up in the Brevity corporate towers, we will put up our feet, throw some Miles Davis up on the big speakers, pour small offerings of Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon, and wonder at people who have trouble defining creative nonfiction. “Really,” we might say to one another. “It’s not a mystery.  What we do is pretty straightforward.  Can you pass the Blanton’s, Mr. Jeeves?” So we were pleased when runni

Brenda Miller: On Form and Distance
You can imagine our excitement last week when Brenda Miller, author of so many beautiful Brevity essays and craft pieces (see here and here and here and

The Online Versus Print Debate Continues
Kenyon Review editor David Lynn has a thoughtful post on the KROnline Blog about the debate between online and print.  What we like about David’s discussion is that he is honest about what worries many writers, especially those facing tenure or promotion in traditional English programs, but he also acknowledges that new technology and new media tend to win out in the end. Having just finished a new short story, Lynn is considering

Nonrequired Notable Nonrequired Notable Nonrequired Notable
Well that’s a mouthful, but so is the title of Dave Egger’s annual anthology of Best American Nonrequired Reading.  We’re only attempting to say nonrequired notable three times real fast because we want to congratulate John Griswold whose Brevity essay “Three Graces” was listed among the notable nonrequired works of 2009. Heck, we actually think it

Three for One: A Contest and Two Articles
Three new items for a Sunday morning.  Click the highlighted headings for more information on each one: A Contest Announcing the 2009 New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Peggy Shinner. NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. We welcome hybrid essays, ones that expose the insides of things to risk making language do new things. Personal essays are welcome, too. Use a slice of memoir, but use also a dose of self-awareness. Autobiographical moments which are digested an