First Person Intense is a collection of first-person writing in a
variety of styles - although "style" may be the wrong word for the
integrity of the writing. First person writing means that someone
is speaking directly to you, not crafting a story for your
entertainment. And that's the power of first-person "intense," a
face-out manner of writing that abandons much of the traditional
structure of fiction (the arc of the narrative, omniscient
viewpoint, dialogue, character development, denouement, beginning,
middle, and end) and nonfiction (which often seems to be written by
nobody or a committee, carefully refraining from bias or personal
opinion). This anthology was originally published in 1978, and was
popular with creative writing classes as well as the general
market, as a study in writing with honesty, authentic voices
speaking without the mask of characterization. This second printing
retains most of the original pieces, including a Vietnam vet's
powerful stories, a voyage across America in search of meaning, a
prison letter, an excerpt from an as yet unpublished Charles
Bukowski novel (by permission of the publisher), the admission by
Fielding Dawson of first ambitions to be a writer (a young man
wishing to be complicated). A few additions include a
schizophrenic, a Peace Corps teacher, a story from junior high.
None of these are perfect - perfection is not sought in real
first-person writing - but all give plenty of taste of personality,
vulnerability, openness. If you like, you can call this a "school
of writing." First Person Intense was originally assigned an ISBN
number by Mudborn Press. After the dissolution of that partnership
in 1981, one of the partners, Sasha Newborn, established a new
publishing operation, Bandanna Books. Although the original ISBN
number is retained for the reprint of FPI, this book is now
available only from Bandanna Books. A publication akin in spirit to
FPI is Berlin (www.createspace.com/4329110), a bilingual anthology,
guest edited by Mitch Cohen, who lived in the divided city of
Berlin in the 1970s and 80s, gathering stories and poems from East
Berlin and West Berlin. An inside look at a place of high art and
high tension. A new chapter in publishing direct works has opened
with TimeWell, an online litmag that mixes up contemporaries with
classics. Subscribe at www.timewellsp.net, or submit stories or
poems.
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