Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction is the voice of the genre. Every issue includes long-form essays blending style with substance; writing that pushes the genre’s boundaries; commentary and notes on craft; conversations with writers; and more. Simply put, Creative Nonfiction demonstrates the depth and versatility of the genre it helped define.

It’s been awhile; how are you?

Creative Nonfiction • ISSUE 77 SPRING 2022

50 Years of Making Nonfiction Creative

RENOVATIONS

Shrapnel • Writing can be a way of processing traumatic events, but it can also cause its own kind of distress. The coeditor of a book about school shootings considers the cost of “holding the pain.”

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received about writing about trauma?

Punching Up • Funny women are bringing serious subjects to the stage and revolutionizing comedy—and narrative—in the process

What’s kept you writing over the past two years?

BAD NEWS 101

DO I DIE TODAY?

Misery & Company • Celebrity funerals, social media condolences, roadside memorials, and more: tracing the history of how we experience loss—and how we share it.

How do you stay motivated to write?

BEHOLD INVISIBILITY

HONEST LIKE A BEAR ATTACK

The Business of Grief

What’s kept you writing over the past two years?

ONGOINGNESS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

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SUPPORTERS OF CNF • Between October 22, 2021 and April 13, 2022, the following individuals and organizations contributed to the Creative Nonfiction Foundation. Their generosity makes the magazine and CNF’s other publications and educational programs possible. We are tremendously grateful for their support.