Nonfiction

Nonfiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a nonfiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying that it is true that people believe that (for such topics as mythology, religion). Nonfiction can als ...more

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Did I Ever Tell You?
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All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
Somehow: Thoughts on Love
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Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
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    Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
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    Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
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