http://www.philipgraham.net/2009/12/facting-the-invisible-in-nonfiction/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.philipgraham.net/2009/12/facting-the-invisible-in-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Kathleen Cassen Mickelson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:18:28 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=218#comment-101 The comparison of choosing a fact from the past to choosing a mirror from a hall full of them is a wonderful image! I've long thought of memories as my internal box of slides - sometimes I have to squint and say, "what is that?" Memory and truth are malleable. The comparison of choosing a fact from the past to choosing a mirror from a hall full of them is a wonderful image! I’ve long thought of memories as my internal box of slides – sometimes I have to squint and say, “what is that?” Memory and truth are malleable.

]]> http://www.philipgraham.net/2009/12/facting-the-invisible-in-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Ira Sukrungruang Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:23:55 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=218#comment-97 I've often told my students that what they dream or day-dream or imagine reveals their true characters, their true desires. Stephen Kuusisto, author of Planet of the Blind, said once that daydreams are often about being rescued. That has stuck with me for the longest time. I’ve often told my students that what they dream or day-dream or imagine reveals their true characters, their true desires. Stephen Kuusisto, author of Planet of the Blind, said once that daydreams are often about being rescued. That has stuck with me for the longest time.

]]> http://www.philipgraham.net/2009/12/facting-the-invisible-in-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Kyle Minor Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:48:10 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=218#comment-65 Good post, Philip! Good post, Philip!

]]> http://www.philipgraham.net/2009/12/facting-the-invisible-in-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-62 So Many Thought Bubbles: The Imagined Life in Nonfiction « BREVITY’s Creative Nonfiction Blog Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:53:26 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=218#comment-62 [...] Philip Graham offers up a thoughtful post on our imagined lives and how they might become part of our nonfiction, by looking at the work of Jenny Boully and the writing exercise Boully contributed to the new book of nonfiction exercises, Now Write! Nonfiction, edited by Sherry Ellis.  Here is an excerpt, or you can jump to the entire blog post here: [...] [...] Philip Graham offers up a thoughtful post on our imagined lives and how they might become part of our nonfiction, by looking at the work of Jenny Boully and the writing exercise Boully contributed to the new book of nonfiction exercises, Now Write! Nonfiction, edited by Sherry Ellis.  Here is an excerpt, or you can jump to the entire blog post here: [...]

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