Andy: We are living in a golden age of creative non-fiction. Here are some favorites of mine, all readily available. Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm (want to know how it feels to drown?) Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air (Mount Everest disaster--makes students cry) Mary Karr, The Liar's Club (best of the disfunctional family genre) John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (don't judge by the movie) Euroda Welty, One Writer's Beginnings Ann Rule, Everything She Ever Wanted (good example of the true crime genre) Carl Hiassen, Team Rodent (attack on Disney World) Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill Geoffrey O'Brien (The Phantom Empire) Primo Levi Leonardo Sciascia, Open Doors (a personal favorite) Garry Wills, the books on Lincoln or John Wayne John McPhee, anything he writes Calvin Trillin, ditto Peter Matthiessen, ditto Alice Walker, her nonfiction is weird and provocative Three others whom I personally don't much like, but all important: V.S. Naipaul Lillian Hellman Gore Vidal I also don't go for the travel genre, but there's some good writing there: Jonathan Raban, Old Glory Jan Morris Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines or In Patagonia Happy reading! GJ Andrew J Hoffman wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations for books to include in a creative > non-fiction course. I'd prefer short works published in the last twenty > years. Has anyone on the Forum read anything they just couldn't wait to > share? I figured the Forum would be a good place to ask this question; > we've already proved our good literary taste by cherishing The Man. > Thanks in advance. > > Andy Hoffman > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]