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Why I Prefer Writing Nonfiction

October 17, 2017 Author - Stephanie G'Schwind

. . . there’s also nothing quite like finishing the memoir of a real person who has lived through something similar to what I’ve experienced, and finding a kindred spirit in those pages.

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On the Boss, and Ghostwriters

February 3, 2017 Author - Stephanie G'Schwind

by Colorado Review Associate Editor KT Heins I recently finished Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen on a flight back from Mobile, Alabama. My grandfather died on Sunday, January 15th in the evening, in his sleep. My father gave me Born to Run to read on the plane. As my father handed me the heavy, […]

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The Year of Nonfiction

January 27, 2017 Author - Stephanie G'Schwind

By Lauren Matheny, Colorado Review Associate Editor My name is Lauren, and I am a fiction writer. A fiction MFA candidate. And I have a confession: the last three books I’ve read have been nonfiction. I think I have a problem. I feel, however, that this shift might be global rather than personal. Or maybe […]

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An Interview with Peggy Shinner

March 3, 2011 Author - Stephanie G'Schwind

Colorado Review Editorial Assistant R. B. Moreno interviews Peggy Shinner, whose essay “Leopold and Shinner” appears in our Fall/Winter 2010 issue (an excerpt from this essay follows the interview).

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In an Age of Great Nonfiction Writing, Too Much Nonfiction Writing?

February 24, 2011 Author - Stephanie G'Schwind

Thirty-seven books of poetry. Eighteen novels and short story collections. One book of reportage: Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response.

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