http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2007/09/26/my-last-word-on-the-teacher-issue/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2007/09/26/my-last-word-on-the-teacher-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Marc Aronson Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:30:51 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2007/09/26/my-last-word-on-the-teacher-issue/#comment-1064 I used "unreliable" in fiction as a parallel to point of view in nonfiction. I am not speaking for faction per se, but to encourage a sense that knowledge is a process of discovery, not a settled body of fact. As Betty Carter pointed out in a review, what is important about Pluto is the debate and the process of thought, not the conclusion. That is the view I encourage. I used “unreliable” in fiction as a parallel to point of view in nonfiction. I am not speaking for faction per se, but to encourage a sense that knowledge is a process of discovery, not a settled body of fact. As Betty Carter pointed out in a review, what is important about Pluto is the debate and the process of thought, not the conclusion. That is the view I encourage.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2007/09/26/my-last-word-on-the-teacher-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 david e Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:24:03 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2007/09/26/my-last-word-on-the-teacher-issue/#comment-1065 There's a world of difference between fiction and non-fiction with expectations to match. Unless you're a fan of unreliable non-fiction (or "creative non-fiction") I think those expectations we place for non-fiction authors is a good thing. There’s a world of difference between fiction and non-fiction with expectations to match. Unless you’re a fan of unreliable non-fiction (or “creative non-fiction”) I think those expectations we place for non-fiction authors is a good thing.

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