✏️🛠️ A Q&A with Lee Gutkind, 'Godfather' of Creative Nonfiction, on the Fine Line Between Truth and Fabrication
The author, professor and founder of "Creative Nonfiction" magazine talks about his latest book on the history of the genre, and pushing the limits of storytelling.
As soon as he logs on to our Zoom call, Lee Gutkind breaks the ice by saying, “Look what we did!” He’s talking about partnering with Narratively. Last year, when I was working as Narratively’s editorial and development assistant, I sent Lee a cold email to see if Creative Nonfiction would share one of our stories. What resulted was a collaboration we’re very excited about and that you’ll be hearing about soon, but no spoilers yet 😉. So, his opener was far better than what I was planning as an icebreaker — some variation of, “So… how’s your day been so far? Staying warm?”
Few writers have led the literary life that Lee Gutkind has. Dubbed “the Godfather behind creative nonfiction” by Vanity Fair, Lee was one of the first people to teach creative nonfiction at the university level, create a track for it at an MFA program and give the genre what’s now a household name. Lee has mentored countl…
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