[CW-Grad] Fwd: Call for Papers - Creative Non-Fiction Conference

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> From: Susan Greenberg <S.Greenberg at ROEHAMPTON.AC.UK>
> Date: February 13, 2010 8:52:43 AM PST
> To: IALJS at LISTSERV.IT.NORTHWESTERN.EDU
> Subject: FW: Call for Papers - Creative Non-Fiction Conference
> Reply-To: IALJS <IALJS at LISTSERV.IT.NORTHWESTERN.EDU>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MICAELA MAFTEI [mailto:m.maftei.1 at research.gla.ac.uk]
> Sent: 10 February 2010 17:30
> To: LAURA ANNE TANSLEY
> Subject: Call for Papers - Creative Non-Fiction Conference
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Micaela Maftei; I am a PhD student in the English  
> Literature department at the University of Glasgow. I'm hoping to  
> contact people who would be interested in the conference mentioned  
> below; would it be possible to circulate the attached call for  
> papers to any arts postgraduates you think might be interested in  
> attending?
>
> Regards,
> Micaela Maftei
>
>
>
> Determining Form: Creative Non-Fiction Journeys
>
> Call for Papers
>
>
> Determining Form: Creative Non-Fiction Journeys is a two-day  
> conference being held at Glasgow University (June 11-12) which will  
> provide a venue for the exploration and discussion of creative non- 
> fiction within (and outwith) academia. Creative non-fiction  
> encompasses a wide range of genres, including biography,  
> autobiography, travel writing, memoir, journalism and essay writing.  
> Works such as In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Heartbreaking Work  
> of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers and The Next American Essay  
> edited by John D’Agata investigate literary spaces with a focus on  
> the journey rather than the destination. Determining Form is  
> interested in the way the genre is able to facilitate the exchange  
> of ideas through writing that embraces potentiality and recognises  
> the value of experimentation during the creative process. We want to  
> talk about writing that chooses to value the process of its creation  
> as well as the final product. Engaging and incisive papers from all  
> discipli!
> nes are welcome.
>
> Consider these concepts:
>
> •       The relationship between truth and fiction
> •       Journalistic responsibility
> •       Valuing indirection over direction
> •       Choosing the route less travelled
> •       Digression as part of the creative process
> •       Metaphor
> •       Memoir: what goes in, what stays out
> •       The creation of persona (in autobiography)
> •       Creative non-fiction in the academic essay
> •       Pedagogy and creative non-fiction
>
>
> Please email a 300-400 word abstract and a brief biographical note  
> to determiningformconference at gla.ac.uk by March 12th, 2010.
>
> Micaela Maftei and Laura Tansley
> Glasgow University
>
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