Jason Schwartzman Believes Everyone Has a Piece of Flash Nonfiction In Them

In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?”, we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing. This month, we’re featuring Jason Schwartzman, an essayist, and fiction writer, and author of the memoir No One You Know: Strangers and the Stories We Tell. Check out the […] The post Jason Schwartzman Believes Everyone Has a Piece of Flash Nonfiction In Them appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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