Where does non-fiction end and fiction begin?
Back in April I drew your attention to a marvelous review by Janet Malcolm of the non-fiction work of Joseph Mitchell. In the course of the review Malcolm makes the startling revelation that his non-fiction is substantially enhanced by the (recently discovered) fictional additions. Mitchell’s travels across the line that separates fiction and nonfiction are…
Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert writes luminous and lucid articles and books about topics the rest of us dismiss as being too hard. She brings stories to life about science and climate change. Much awarded and lauded for her work, Kolbert is interviewed here by Creative Nonfiction Magazine. In the movie Bang the Drum Slowly, there’s a card…