What is literary nonfiction? Is it literature? Journalism? Or some nebulous territory in between? The scandal over James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces brought the issue to public consciousness, but unfortunately framed it in ethical, rather than aesthetic, terms. Yet what if we are witnessing the birth of a new genre, in which ethics are mitigated by more creative questions?

David L. Ulin, editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review and author of The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith, will look at the curious case of contemporary nonfiction, considering the line between truth and creativity, actual and emotional truth.

$6, or free for Friends of the Center.

The Center for Inquiry-West
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027
2 blocks west of Vermont
at Berendo
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