Since 2003, Tell It Slant has set the standard for creative nonfiction instruction, showing writers how to move beyond mere facts and, instead, make the most of their own "slant" on the world. This book provides everything you need to know to develop a distinctive voice and to craft compelling creative nonfiction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Unearthing your material -- The body of memory -- Writing the family -- "Taking place": writing the physical world -- Gathering the threads of history -- The body of identity -- Writing the arts -- Glorious facts : research and the research essay -- Part II : The many forms of creative nonfiction -- The tradition of the personal essay -- Innovative forms : the wide variety of creative nonfiction -- Mixed-media:, cross-genre, hybrid, and digital works -- Part III : Honing your craft -- The particular challenges of creative nonfiction -- The basics of good writing in any form -- The writing process and revision -- The power of writing communities -- Publishing your creative nonfiction -- Putting on our editors' hats -- Part IV : Anthology -- Reading as a writer. The fine art of sighing / Bernard Cooper -- Leap / Brian Doyle -- Jumping the fence / Marjorie Rose Hakala -- To keep an ear to the ground / Barbara Hurd -- Of smells / Michel de Montaigne -- On touching ground / Jericho Parms -- Perdition / Kristen Radtke -- The night my mother met Bruce Lee / Paisley Rekdal -- The coroner's photographs / Brent Staples -- Because, the Ferguson verdict / Ira Sukrungruang -- First / Ryan Van Meter -- Math 1619 / Gwendolyn Wallace -- Appendix I : Good habits for healthy writers -- Appendix II : Resources for writers.