Literary Nonfiction. Fiction. Cross-Genre. "Having conjured up that particular mix of will, heartwreck, and sheer wonder that makes for a large part of the human condition, Gutstein presents it to us through the nuance-rippled glass of his unique vision--a vision at once powerful, canny, restless, and sweeping--in sentences that make of muscularity a haunting new music. Deadpan poignancy and a fable-like resonance to these 'non-fictions'--a striking debut"--Carl Phillips. "Dan Gutstein is one of the most dangerous writers operating in America today. He bends form, bends language, and bends your ear, making NON/FICTION a book that poets and prosers, alike, can celebrate. May it become the Gold Standard for multi-genre writing"--Kevin Moffett.

Author Hometown: WASHINGTON, DC USA



About the author: Daniel Gutstein has published more than 125 poems and stories in more than 60 publications, including Ploughshares, American Scholar, Prairie Schooner, Seneca Review, TriQuarterly, New Orleans Review, River City, Third Coast, Fiction, Bellevue Literary Review, Other Voices, The Penguin Book of the Sonnet, and Best American Poetry (2006). He has received grants and awards from the Maryland State Arts Council, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the University of Michigan, where he earned an MFA in creative writing (poetry). Gutstein taught for many years at George Washington University, Currently, he works at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where he runs the Writing Studio and Learning Resource Center, which serves students who have disabilities.

Reviews:
http://dangutstein.blogspot.com/
http://nonslashfiction.blogspot.com/
Mark Wallace at Thinking Again
Kirsty Logan in Pank Magazine
John Latta @ Isola di Rifiuti