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nonfiction

[non-fik-shuhn] / nɒnˈfɪk ʃən /


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We also read nonfiction articles, including pieces on AI and robots, while focusing on rhetorical devices.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

In terms of nonfiction storytelling, however, it is a virtuous undertaking, as long as one can separate the subject from the storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

I make it a point to introduce my students to the literature of their home state, which includes Joan Didion, a standby and giant of what we now call creative nonfiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt attributes the decline in serious nonfiction sales to the fact that everyday events are all-consuming.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He’d also sold his idea for a nonfiction book about race and identity to a New York publisher, which for someone who worshipped books as he did felt like an enormous and humbling boon.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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