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'The Invention of Everything Else'

By SAMANTHA HUNT
Reviewed by LOUISA THOMAS

In this novel, a chambermaid strikes up a friendship with a guest, the dying inventor Nikola Tesla.

First Chapter

 

 

 

In Mexico, on the Lam With Ken Kesey

By LAWRENCE DOWNES

 In 1966, the Merry Prankster fled to a dead-end town in Mexico to escape a jail term. Four decades later, a journey to that same town becomes a pilgrimage in search of both the man and the myth.

Audio Slide Show: Ken Kesey's Trip to Mexico

Related Article: Three Books That Will Take You Back on the Road

 

 

 

On the Road Again: Friends and scholars recall the man behind the myth of Jack Kerouac. Compiled by Meghan O'Rourke, Slate, September 4, 2007

 

 

 

Weekend in New York | Manhattan Teahouses

Morning or Afternoon, There’s a Kettle Brewing

By SETH KUGEL

Sample a few of the dozens of vastly different corners of Manhattan that devote themselves largely, if not exclusively, to the relaxing art of tea.

New York City Travel Guide »

Where to Stay, Where to Eat and What to Do in New York City.

 

 

 

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Noted practitioners of creative nonfiction include

• Norman Mailer Armies of the Night
• Jack Kerouac Jack used his actual life experiences, along with personal confessions, to influence such novels as On The Road and The Subterraneans.
• Truman Capote In Cold Blood
• Bill Bryson: writer of humorous travelogues
• Philip K. Dick VALIS Dick is noted mainly as a Science Fiction author but VALIS, chronicling a psychic or - possibly - psychotic episode is also an Autobiographical novel.
• Annie Dillard
• Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes is perhaps the most widely known work of creative nonfiction.
• Davis Miller The Tao of Muhammad Ali is the best known of a series of meditative and autobiographical works drawing heavily on fictional techniques.
• Joyce Carol Oates: On Boxing, which includes a portrait of Mike Tyson.
• P. J. O'Rourke: Holidays in Hell
• Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Autobiographical novel exploring issues of philosophy.
• George Plimpton: Paper Lion
• David Sedaris
• Sebastian Junger
• John McPhee; an author whose works reflect his oft-eclectic interests including oranges, Bill Bradley and Alaska.
• Tom Wolfe Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
• Richard Rodriguez: a writer often specializing in issues of sensitivity - race, ethnicity, and sexuality.
• Joan Didion
• Gay Talese: "Frank Sinatra Has A Cold", one of the finest examples of journalistic nonfiction.
• Susan Orlean: The Orchid Thief
• David Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
• Chuck Klosterman: Fargo Rock City, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto and Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
• Hunter S. Thompson:: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hell's Angels
• Dinty W. Moore: editor of Brevity [1] and author of "The Accidental Buddhist."
• Derrick Jensen: Endgame, A Language Older Than Words