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Where Did I Leave My Truth

From Brevity contributor Gary Presley: In the midst of reviewing Where Did I Leave My Glasses? for The Internet Review of Books, I stumbled upon a neurological star chart which might be useful for wri… more →

BREVITY's Creative Nonfiction Blog

Making funny funny

gotheca wrote 2 months ago: “Lady, if you can get the dog to do that, I’ll buy the pogo stick!” –Paul R. Dubois II, lead s … more →

Tags: Writing Challenge, Humor, seven wheelchairs, Paul R Dubois II, Trees of Mystery, Jack Shakely, Elwood Gray, writing humor, Ellen DeGeneres

Where Did I Leave My Truth — 1 comment

brevity wrote 2 months ago: From Brevity contributor Gary Presley: In the midst of reviewing Where Did I Leave My Glasses? for T … more →

Tags: Brevity Updates, memoir, Book Reviews, Memory, the muddy mixture of objective fact and subjective trut

Telling the truth -- live

gotheca wrote 4 months ago: Please see Gary Presley reading from his memoir, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio, at: http:// … more →

Tags: Guest Posts by Others, Disability, Prairie Lights Bookstore, seven wheelchairs, University of Iowa Press, Wheelchair

Telling the truth — 2 comments

gotheca wrote 5 months ago: I’m pleased to post this guest essay by the talented Gary Presley, author of Seven Wheelchairs … more →

Tags: Guest Posts by Others, Technique, Being a writer, Deeper meaning, Writing Advice, Truth, Polio, wheelchairs, T. Craghessan Boyle

On Narrators, Memoir, and the "Pretty Shabby Stuff" Inside — 6 comments

brevity wrote 8 months ago: Author Gary Presley is an occasional contributor to both Brevity and the Brevity Blog, and author of … more →

Tags: Creative Nonfiction, memoir, Nonfiction Books, Teaching Resources, disability narrative, disability studies, Peter DeVries, Polio, seven wheelchairs

Gary Presley, Author of 7 Wheelchairs, a Life Beyond Polio, Interviewed on Iowa Public Radio — 2 comments

Tim Elhajj wrote 9 months ago: My friend Gary Presley’s interview on Iowa Public Radio is live. Gary wrote, 7 Wheelchairs, a … more →

Tags: Books, 7 Wheelchairs, Interview, Authors, public radio

Creative. Nonfiction. Nothing New. — 1 comment

brevity wrote 10 months ago: From Gary Presley, author of the new memoir Seven Wheelchairs: __ I’m surprised no one in my w … more →

Tags: Creative Nonfiction, memoir, Nonfiction Books, Teaching Resources, seven wheelchairs, Ernie Pyle

In Defense of Navel Gazing... — 6 comments

sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: Gary Presley has recently been wondering about the state of Creative Nonfiction over at Brevity … more →

Tags: Sarah Einstein, Creative Nonfiction, writing, memoir, brevity

From Gary Presley: Navel Gazing in Creative Nonfiction — 15 comments

brevity wrote 1 year ago: presley A group of accomplished writers I pal around with in the virtual world recently discussed a … more →

Tags: Creative Nonfiction, memoir, navel gazing, seven wheelchairs

On Truth in Memoir: Remembrance and Amnesia — 2 comments

brevity wrote 1 year ago: (Another note from Gary Presley, author of the Brevity essay Proselegy and Coda) Funny th … more →

Tags: Creative Nonfiction, memoir, Nonfiction Books, Teaching Resources, Margaret Seltzer, truth in memoir

Thoughts on Finding a Memoir's Narrative Arc — 9 comments

brevity wrote 1 year ago: From Gary Presley, author of the Brevity essay Proselegy and Coda I’ve been banging … more →

Tags: Brevity Updates, Creative Nonfiction, memoir, Online Journals, Teaching Resources, Narrative, narrative arc, Polio, Rebecca McClanahan


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