Imaginary Nonfictions: Almost an Oxymoron
June 3, 2008
Daniel Nester is a friend to Brevity, one helluva Queen fan, a nice guy, and Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas at McSweeney’s, so we wanted to pass this along. First though, we had to ask him “Dude, what’s an imaginary nonfiction?”
Daniel answered, “speculation, ruminations — you know, imaginary.”
Okay. We have no problem with nonfiction writers telling us what they’ve imagined, as long as they tell us it is imagined.
So, here’s the pitch:
The-Out-of Bounds Essay: Bloomsbury Review’s New Bi-Monthly Imaginary Nonfictions Feature
Editors: Reamy Jansen and Daniel Nester
We’re both looking for fresh, off-beat, non-fiction prose. No more than 300 words.
Send two copies of your entry to Reamy Jansen, 16 Homestead Ave., Highland Falls, NY 10928. Include SASE, brief bio, e-mail address, and phone number.
June 3, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Are you kidding me? You’re looking for creative non-fiction? I’ve posted 13 episodes of creative non-fiction in the last 6 weeks. Where have you been all my life! It’s a bit unpolished, but it’s meant to be so. Start here The Sickboy Chronicles – Episode One
June 3, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I suppose I will have to work on one of them thar manifestoes to curb the snarkiness.
June 3, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I should also point out that I pointed out in the same email to his Dintyness, when asked for a clarifications of what an out-of-bounds imaginary nonfiction is that is surely less precious than the “lyric essay.” The latter is the execrable term of the moment reserved for those essays that, by most measures, would be poems in most circles. The former, I think, better reflects what an essay is supposed to do, which is reflect the consciousness of the writer.
July 6, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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