Creative Nonfiction

23 04, 2018

The Speed of Dark
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The Speed of Dark

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The Speed of Dark

By Joram Piatigorsky|2020-03-28T21:35:40-04:00April 23rd, 2018|Categories: Blog, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: Adelaide Books, Creative Nonfiction, Joram Piatigorsky, Marcel Proust, Memoir, Point Reyes, Swann's Way, The Speed of Dark, writing|0 Comments

I started writing my memoir, The Speed of Dark, as a series or personal essays in the literary journal Lived Experience published in British Columbia. Over nine years it crystallized into a book released this week by Adelaide Books. With the writing behind me, I reflect on the journey that became my memoir. After 50 [...]

19 10, 2017

What’s Compelling?
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What’s Compelling?

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What’s Compelling?

By Joram Piatigorsky|2020-03-30T08:38:38-04:00October 19th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: Arnasungaaq, backstory in nonfiction, Baker Lake, Barnabas, building nonfiction scenes, compelling nonfiction, compelling writing, Creative Nonfiction, Giacometti, Igloolik, Inuit art, Judas Ullulaq Ooloolah, Lee Gutkind, Little Boy Juan, Renoir, Science, Short Story, Unusual scientific studies|0 Comments

As a scientist and author, I relate to the concept of Creative Nonfiction, since science is all about truth, and scientists strive to see the natural world creatively through a fresh lens, and a writer wants an audience. So I eagerly enrolled in a workshop on Creative Nonfiction taught by Lee Gutkind, acknowledged as founder [...]