Lifespan of a Fact

Name: Lifespan of a Fact
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ISBN: 9780393340730

ISBN-10: 0393340732

ISBN-13: 9780393340730

Edition: 2012

Authors: John D'agata, Jim Fingal

List price: $24.95

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How negotiable is a fact in nonfiction? In 2003, an essay by John DâAgata was rejected by the magazine that commissioned it due to factual inaccuracies. That essayâwhich eventually became the foundation of DâAgataâs critically acclaimed About a Mountainâwas accepted by another magazine, The Believer, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as DâAgata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction.This book reproduces DâAgataâs essay, along with DâAgata and Fingalâs extensive correspondence. What emerges is a brilliant and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.21" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Jim Fingal is now a software engineer and writer in Cambridge, Massachusetts.