nonfiction

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The narrator of “10:04” dreams of a book that, “like a poem, is neither fiction nor nonfiction, but a flickering between them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The heady early years at Apple, wartime endurance in Britain, Motown’s hidden genius and more of the month’s best nonfiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Most known and loved for 1984’s “Paris, Texas,” the filmmaker has more recently devoted his work to nonfiction storytelling.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

I know when I’m writing nonfiction, because my desk is full of books and documents and everything on earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Don’t know what nonfiction means or if there are really 580 books on trees, but I look anyhow.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome