Between the Lines

Creative Nonfiction #17

by Lee Gutkind (editor)

This issue features essays that, among other things, take us between the lines—writers writing about writing—in a variety of creative and informative contexts. Novelist Bret Lott speaks out "Against Technique," while Canadian journalist David Hayes analyzes the "inner monologue" ("Penetrating Thoughts"), an often-debated creative nonfiction technique and tool. The Hayes essay, along with Michael Rosenwald's report of his recent encounter with Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer John McPhee ("Travels with John McPhee"), are located in the back of the issue in a section of the same name, "Between the Lines."

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Lee Gutkind has been recognized by Vanity Fair as “the godfather behind creative nonfiction.” A prolific writer, he has authored and edited over twenty-five books, and is the founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish only narrative nonfiction. Gutkind has received grants, honors, and awards from numerous organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Science Foundation. A man of many talents, Gutkind has been a motorcyclist, medical insider, sports expert, sailor, and college professor. He is currently distinguished writer in residence in the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University and a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.