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Writing from observation, about people, places, and things in the present. A type of creative nonfiction.

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Posts tagged Writing about places

Joseph Mitchell, "The Old House at Home"

Joseph Mitchell’s classic piece of literary journalism, published in 1940, paints a vivid portrait of a neighborhood saloon in New York’s Lower East Side.

mitchell-old-house-at-homAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Joseph Mitchell, Writing about places, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, WOC190

Susan Orlean, "Shortcuts"

Journalist Susan Orlean paints a portrait of her neighborhood hair salon.

susan-orlean-shortcutsAustin WoernerOctober 31, 2019Susan Orlean, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, Writing about places, Character profiles, WOC190

E. B. White, "Here is New York"

E. B. White’s classic essay published in 1948, one of the most famous literary essays about New York City.

white-here-is-new-yorkAustin WoernerOctober 31, 2019Literary journalism, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Writing about places, WOC190

张爱玲，《公寓生活记趣》

Eileen Chang on the pleasures of apartment living. A lesser-known personal essay by the famous author, set during wartime Shanghai.

eileen-chang-gongyu-shengAustin WoernerOctober 19, 2019Annotated edition, Eileen Chang 张爱玲, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about places, Chinese, WOC190