Items tagged with 'nonfiction'

Reviewing nonfiction taught me a few tricks that helped improve my approach to writing fiction.

Author Adam Valen Levinson tells us, it depends how well you know roses.

On the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of John F.Kennedy, Ed Sikov looks at two books by notable conspiracy theorists.

Edited by journalist Anya Schiffrin, this collection of international investigative journalism reminds us why the lost art of muckraking is so important.

It’s not necessary to know about poker, or even to have a strong interest in the game in order to enjoy Whitehead’s textured writing and deadpan sarcasm.

Come with me to 17th Century England and explore a marriage, a betrayal, and a murder.

In the late sixties/early seventies, a wave of media rebels challenged the censors with realistic scenes of sex. This is their story.

Rumours of the survival of Hitler and Eva Braun have persisted since 1945, but the authors of the most recent outing called ‘Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler’ are now accused of stealing.

Navigating the rough terrain of today’s publishing industry shouldn’t be a solo event. This week in Ask the Agent, I’ll explore & dissect the particulars of writing a nonfiction book proposal.