Description
Book SynopsisHow true stories, almost-true stories, urban legends, myths and even outright lies captivate us and bind us together
Trade Review"[A] thoughtful examination of story and storytelling.... It is a brilliant mobilization of storycraft to illuminate aspects of the storyteller's art and the nature of story itself.... The Story Is True is a delight to read. Bruce Jackson has written an enjoyable and entertaining book that is grounded in solid theory and mature observation. Students of narrative will find much insight in the stories told here by this master storyteller. For those who choose to read deeper, an expanded understanding of humanity's most intimate workings is in store."
—Voices
Table of Contents1. Telling Stories; 2. The Fate of Stories; 3. Wallace Stevens's Jar; 4. The True Story of Why Stephen Spender Quit the Spanish Civil War; 5. The Stories People Tell; 6. Acting in the Passive, or, Somebody Got Killed But Nobody Killed Anybody; 7. Stories That Don't Make Sense; 8. The Real O. J. Story; 9. Bob Dylan and the Legend of 1965; 10. Silver Bullets; 11. Storytellers' Storytellers; 12. The Deceptive Anarchy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; 13. Words to Kill By; 14. The Storyteller I Looked for Every Time I Looked for Storytellers; 15. Farinata's Silence
