Introduction
Nonfiction is literary writing grounded in facts, drawing on actual events, people, places, or experience.
It combines literary craft with a commitment to factual representation. Its forms include personal narratives, memoirs, documentary writing, reported features, biographies, autobiographies, travel and nature writing, and writing on science and society.
Grounded in fact, nonfiction combines reporting, personal narrative, and literary art. True stories can affect readers through the recognition and consolation they find in another person’s experience.
This week, let’s talk about nonfiction we value.
Literature & Reading
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Date and time: Dec 13, 2024 (Fri) 7:30PM
Location: 16595 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Eastline Apartment 3F Clubroom)
Topic: Recommend a Nonfiction Book You Love
Capacity: 20 people, including ten observers
— Schedule —
Arrival and seating
Opening and participant introductions: briefly share a recent book, film, program, or piece of music you enjoyed (3 minutes each).
Sharing session: a nonfiction book you would recommend (5–10 minutes each)
Group photo
— Registration —
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About Elsewhere Book Club
Elsewhere Book Club
The name Elsewhere comes from Milan Kundera’s Life Is Elsewhere.
Life Is Elsewhere.
We seem more inclined to imagine a golden age when looking backward or forward. Yet, in my own life, this moment and elsewhere have become inseparable, each giving meaning to the other.
Live fully in this moment. The search for elsewhere also takes place here and now.
I also arrived in Seattle recently. In an unfamiliar place, my first impulse was to start a small book club, perhaps to meet others who find steadiness in books and enjoy sustained conversation.
Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed; a mustard seed holding Mount Sumeru.
I hope this small space can give us somewhere to exchange ideas each week.