Please complete the assignment at the bottom of the page!
Along the way, please read some or all of the following:
Recommended Narrative Nonfiction—Please read to develop your own voice as a nonfiction writer:
Books
· No Name In The Street by James Baldwin
· Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger
· In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
· The Lost City of Z by David Grann
· Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
· Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
· The Wild Trees by Richard Preston
· Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
· The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Articles
· "Painkiller Deathstreak" by Nicholson Baker (The New Yorker)
· "The Taste Makers" by Raffi Khatchadorourian (The New Yorker)
· "Orchid Fever" by Susan Orlean (The New Yorker)
· "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" by Gay Talese (Esquire)
· "Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace (Gourmet)
If you are already reading any of the above for honors, please bring the book(s) to class.
Please peruse these books an/or articles and choose some for your reference for your own writing. Ideally, you will be able to read one book or a collection of articles in order to learn more about the best narrative nonfiction writing.
Many of these articles are available online for free. All of the books can be found at the library. Any library in SD can get any of these books for you. I have most, if not all, in class (although I loan them out every semester, so they might not be right here, right now, if students in class already took them).