{"product_id":"9781609380892","title":"Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetawriting—the writing about writing or writing that calls attention to itself as writing—has been around since \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/i\u003e, but Jill Talbot makes that case that now more than ever the act of metawriting is performed on a daily basis by anyone with a Facebook profile, a Twitter account, or a webpage. \u003ci\u003eMetawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection to combine metawriting in both fiction and nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this daring volume, metawriting refers to writing about writing, veracity in writing, the \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e of writing and, ultimately, the construction of writing. With a prologue by Pam Houston, the anthology of personal essays, short stories, and one film script excerpt also includes illuminating and engaging interviews with each contributor. Showcasing how writers perform a meta-awareness of self via the art of the story, the craft of the essay, the writings and interviews in this collection serve to create an engaging, provocative discussion of the fiction-versus-nonfiction debate, truth in writing, and how metawriting works (and when it doesn’t).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetawritings\u003c\/i\u003e provides a context for the presence of metawriting in contemporary literature within the framework of the digital age’s obsessively self-conscious modes of communication: status updates, Tweets, YouTube clips, and blogs (whose anonymity creates opportunities for outright deception) capture our meta-lives in 140 characters and video uploads, while we watch self-referential, self-conscious television (\u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e). Speaking to the moment and to the writing that is capturing it, Talbot addresses a significant and current conversation in contemporary writing and literature, the teaching of writing, and the craft of writing. It is a sharp, entertaining collection of two genres, enhanced by a conversation about how we write and how we live in and through our writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Blackman\u003cbr\u003eBernard Cooper\u003cbr\u003eCathy Day\u003cbr\u003eLena Dunham\u003cbr\u003eRobin Hemley\u003cbr\u003ePam Houston\u003cbr\u003eKristen Iversen\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lazar\u003cbr\u003eE. J. Levy\u003cbr\u003eBrenda Miller\u003cbr\u003eAnder Monson\u003cbr\u003eBrian Oliu\u003cbr\u003eJill Talbot\u003cbr\u003eRyan Van Meter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037367451888,"sku":"9781609380892","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609380892_p0.jpg?v=1763837181","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609380892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}