Creating the Self: Personal Nonfiction | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
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“How does the writer of personal narrative pull from his or her own boring, agitated self the truth speaker who
“How does the writer of personal narrative pull from his or her own boring, agitated self the truth speaker who will tell the story that needs to be told?” This is the fundamental question that essayist and critic Vivian Gornick sets out to answer in her new book The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative. Inspired by 15 years of teaching personal nonfiction writing in Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs, Gornick skillfully combines her own insight and experience from 30 years as a writer with models of nonfiction writing from some of the best writers of the modern essay.…
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