{"product_id":"in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction","title":"In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the first anthology to identify and celebrate a new nonfiction form: the Short!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational, complete in themselves, and short―very short. Although the form has not had a name until now, the writers who are attracted to it include the known―Tim O'Brien, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael Ondaatje―as well as just-discovered voices in the field of creative nonfiction, a genre that is transforming the essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelights and surprises await the reader in this rich gathering of Shorts. From Diane Ackerman's fascination with hummingbirds, to Andrei Codrescu's idiosyncratic view of nostalgia, to Albert Goldbarth's free-wheeling riff on the universe, each Short―ranging from several paragraphs to 2,000 words―becomes a sharply focused lens on an outer world or an inner sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Short, reflecting almost every way in which nonfiction can be written, is for all readers (and writers) who thrive on imaginative play and aesthetic satisfaction. Pick up this book; open it up. See if you can resist it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46842084098215,"sku":"9780393314922","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780393314922.jpg?v=1749948581","url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/products\/in-short-a-collection-of-brief-creative-nonfiction","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}