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FROM: "Suchy, LeAnn" <[removed]@CSBSJU.EDU>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 12:22 PM

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
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FROM: Karen Keys <[removed]@gmail.com>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 12:51 PM

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
entertaining footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:  http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: Mary Zadow <[removed]@mpl.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 1:02 PM

You can't get much more creative than "Mots d'heure gousses rames" by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. It is an hilarious book of erstwhile poetry, much decorated with footnotes. Highly recommended for those who love language or nonsense or especially, both. Requires only a little French ...

Mary

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

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FROM: "Jeannine D. Cook" <[removed]@co.douglas.or.us>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 1:07 PM

The footnotes at the back of Charles Pellegrino's Unearthing Atlantis were almost as entertaining as the book, especially the story about the curse of Hatshepsut. Maybe completely false, but a great story.

Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian
Douglas County Library
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541) 440-6013
(541) 440-6011 fax
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:12 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

FROM: "Callas, Jennie" <[removed]@rmc.edu>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 2:09 PM

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)-memoir
Consider the Lobster (David Foster Wallace)-collection of essays (creative nonfiction), I know at least some of them had footnotes, including the title essay, which was reprinted in Best American Essays 2005

Jennie E. Callas
Instruction Librarian
McGraw-Page Library
Randolph-Macon College
PO Box 5005-5505
Ashland, VA 23005
804-752-3713


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Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Suchy, LeAnn" <[removed]@CSBSJU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:11:49 -0500

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

FROM: Bradley Scott <[removed]@gmail.com>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 2:26 PM

Robert Grudin's "Book : a novel" may be an interesting addition to the
fiction list, if you didn't already include it. It features some very
outspoken footnotes who occasionally criticize the characters,
disapprove of plot developments and, at one point, rebel against the
story.

Bradley A. Scott

FROM: "Monica Bildner" <[removed]@strita.net>
REC'D: 4/29/09, 2:32 PM

This is actually fiction, but reads like a memoir of sorts - The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker. It's probably over half footnotes and they really become the story, much more than the story text.

Monica Bildner

Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Suchy, LeAnn" <[removed]@CSBSJU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:11:49 -0500

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu ~ phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

FROM: <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/30/09, 7:39 AM

I LOVE that book and the spurious footnotes really add to it. I still remember the one about St. Sebastien dying "of a surfeit of Arrows". In order to appreciate it, it HAS to be read aloud.

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Mary Zadow
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:04 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

You can't get much more creative than "Mots d'heure gousses rames" by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. It is an hilarious book of erstwhile poetry, much decorated with footnotes. Highly recommended for those who love language or nonsense or especially, both. Requires only a little French ...

Mary

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

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FROM: Lisa Davis-Craig <[removed]@cantonpl.org>
REC'D: 4/30/09, 11:09 AM

Off the top of my head--Jen Lancaster and David Foster Wallace...

Lisa Davis-Craig, Adult Services Librarian
Canton Public Library
1200 S. Canton Center Rd.
Canton, MI 48188 USA
734/397-0999
Hours: Tues. 10-3, Thurs. 12-9, Every other Fri. 10-6, Every other Sat. 9-5

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.

She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.

Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
Find me on Facebook, too!

FROM: Leigh K. Mauer <[removed]@kentonlibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/30/09, 2:59 PM

I just read My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs and Stand-Up by Russell Brand. He uses footnotes to explain British terms and references to non-Brits. The book is definitely not for the easily offended (sex, drugs, etc.), but it's wickedly funny.

Leigh

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>
>I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
>She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
>Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
>LeAnn Suchy
>Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
>College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
>e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu ~ phone: 320.363.5296
>Find me on Facebook, too!


Leigh K. Mauer, MLIS
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Erlanger Branch Library
401 Kenton Lands Road
Erlanger, KY 41018
859-962-4000 x.4108
[removed]@kentonlibrary.org

FROM: Karen Sagun <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/1/09, 8:09 AM

I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.  I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting.  I'm looking forward to her other books.
 
Karen Sagun
MLS candidate, University of South Florida
[removed]@mail.usf.edu
 
"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."
 
Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
entertaining  footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:  http://fictionl.webrary.org


"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."

FROM: Hal Harmon <[removed]@scgov.net>
REC'D: 5/1/09, 8:43 AM

There's the biography "Jacques Derrida" by Geoffrey Bennington and Jacques Derrida. It's probably one of the most unusual uses of footnotes I've ever seen. Bennington is the biographer with Derrida providing the footnotes. I guess the best way to describe it would be dueling footnotes. It's almost as if you're reading two completely different books. A little too highbrow for my tastes, but interesting none the less.

Hal Harmon
Info Central Librarian
Sarasota County Library System

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sagun
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:08 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: creative footnotes


I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.  I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting.  I'm looking forward to her other books.
 
Karen Sagun
MLS candidate, University of South Florida
[removed]@mail.usf.edu
 
"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."
 
Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
entertaining  footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:  http://fictionl.webrary.org


"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."

FROM: "Vicki Lenz" <[removed]@apl.org>
REC'D: 5/1/09, 8:49 AM

Did you get Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell?

--Vicki

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sagun
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:08 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: creative footnotes


I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.  I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting.  I'm looking forward to her other books.
 
Karen Sagun
MLS candidate, University of South Florida [removed]@mail.usf.edu
 
"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."
 
Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really entertaining  footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:  http://fictionl.webrary.org


"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."

FROM: Ann Brown <[removed]@duncan.lib.ok.us>
REC'D: 5/1/09, 4:25 PM

Probably 20+ years ago Piers Anthony published either a SF or fantasy that
had often long and usually quite funny footnotes about when the book was
first written and another publisher had started to publish it. I can still
remember one footnote that read something like "And he did this to Piers
Anthony, who is well known as one of the most irascible and
hard-to-get-along-with authors in the business."

Of course, I can't remember the title and I'm sure it's out of print now but
I thought this might wiggle a memory loose. It was a fun read.

Ann Brown
Director
Duncan Public Library
Duncan, OK

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/1/09, 5:21 PM

This is the 1989 Tor edition of BUT WHAT OF EARTH? previosly published
by Laser as a collaboration between Piers Anthony and Robert Coulson. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Anthony

The late "Buck" Coulson was a friend of mine and I have my own opinion about
the whole kerfuffle, but this is not the time or the place to air it. I
do agree that
the Tor edition is a very good example of unusual use of footnotes...

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@umn.edu

Ann Brown wrote:
> Probably 20+ years ago Piers Anthony published either a SF or fantasy that
> had often long and usually quite funny footnotes about when the book was
> first written and another publisher had started to publish it. I can still
> remember one footnote that read something like "And he did this to Piers
> Anthony, who is well known as one of the most irascible and
> hard-to-get-along-with authors in the business."
>
> Of course, I can't remember the title and I'm sure it's out of print now but
> I thought this might wiggle a memory loose. It was a fun read.
>
> Ann Brown
> Director
> Duncan Public Library
> Duncan, OK

FROM: [removed]@Balona.com
REC'D: 5/1/09, 7:00 PM

On May 1, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Dennis Lien wrote:

the Tor edition is a very good example of unusual use of footnotes...

Joaquin Peralta uses footnotes "by Joseph O. Kuhl," the narrator (or
perpetrator)
to explain, clarify, define assertions (and hilarify readers)
in his _An Almost Private Eye_, a work of fiction reviewed in SLJ.
<http://www.balona.com/almost.html>

Jonathan

The Far Side of the Moon: A Story about Courage (Historical Fiction,
Japanese Immigrants) by Jonathan Pearce (BalonaBooks2d ed )
“…not only good young adult historical fiction, but also a good, and =20
quite interesting, book for grown-ups. It is very easy reading that
you will not want to put down….”
—Doug Noble, (Placerville, CA) Mountain Democrat

FROM: "Heidi & Ian Colquhoun" <[removed]@primusonline.com.au>
REC'D: 5/2/09, 5:09 AM

The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde makes extensive use of footnotes
to add to the general craziness of the plots

Heidi Colquhoun
Blue Mountains City Council
NSW AUSTRALIA 2777



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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Karen Sagun
Sent: Friday, 1 May 2009 11:08 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: creative footnotes


I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human
Cadavers.  I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting.  I'm
looking forward to her other books.
 
Karen Sagun
MLS candidate, University of South Florida
[removed]@mail.usf.edu
 
"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The
Princess Bride."
 
Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
entertaining  footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative
non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or
an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that
even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read
and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm
coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:  http://fictionl.webrary.org


"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The
Princess Bride."

FROM: Travis Whitt <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/2/09, 3:33 PM

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski definitely makes interesting use of footnotes. It isn't non-fiction but is worth a look.

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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:55:54 -0400
> From: [removed]@kentonlibrary.org
> To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>
> I just read My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs and Stand-Up by Russell Brand. He uses footnotes to explain British terms and references to non-Brits. The book is definitely not for the easily offended (sex, drugs, etc.), but it's wickedly funny.
>
> Leigh
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
>>To: Fiction_L
>>Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>>
>>I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>>
>>She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>>
>>Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.
>>
>>LeAnn Suchy
>>Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
>>College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
>>e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu ~ phone: 320.363.5296
>>Find me on Facebook, too!
>
>
> Leigh K. Mauer, MLIS
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Erlanger Branch Library
> 401 Kenton Lands Road
> Erlanger, KY 41018
> 859-962-4000 x.4108
> [removed]@kentonlibrary.org
>
> ......................................................................
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> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
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FROM: "Kathy Lee" <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 5/2/09, 4:02 PM

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell is fiction, but his footnotes are largely
medical and very interesting - sometimes funny.


Kathy Lee
Information Services Associate
Evergreen Library
Jefferson County Public Library
5000 Highway 73 Evergreen, CO 80439
Phone: 303-235-5275
Fax: 303-403-5175
[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Travis Whitt
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:35 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes


House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski definitely makes interesting use
of footnotes. It isn't non-fiction but is worth a look.

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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:55:54 -0400
> From: [removed]@kentonlibrary.org
> To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>
> I just read My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs and Stand-Up by
Russell Brand. He uses footnotes to explain British terms and references
to non-Brits. The book is definitely not for the easily offended (sex,
drugs, etc.), but it's wickedly funny.
>
> Leigh
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
>>[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
>>To: Fiction_L
>>Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>>
>>I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative
non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history
or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or
footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by
themselves.
>>
>>She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've
read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes,
but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>>
>>Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.
>>
>>LeAnn Suchy
>>Reference & Information Literacy Librarian College of St. Benedict/St.

>>John's University
>>e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu ~ phone: 320.363.5296 Find me on Facebook,
>>too!
>
>
> Leigh K. Mauer, MLIS
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Erlanger Branch Library
> 401 Kenton Lands Road
> Erlanger, KY 41018
> 859-962-4000 x.4108
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FROM: "Suchy, LeAnn" <[removed]@CSBSJU.EDU>
REC'D: 5/4/09, 10:10 AM

Thanks everyone who replied. I was really looking for creative non-fiction and memoir suggestions since I found hundreds of works of fiction for her (including all of those suggested here...fiction wasn't hard to come by, the others were).

I have passed on the additional creative non-fiction and memoir suggestions to my student and she's very grateful! Thanks!

LeAnn Suchy
Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
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-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lee
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:59 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell is fiction, but his footnotes are largely
medical and very interesting - sometimes funny.


Kathy Lee
Information Services Associate
Evergreen Library
Jefferson County Public Library
5000 Highway 73 Evergreen, CO 80439
Phone: 303-235-5275
Fax: 303-403-5175
[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us
Find us on the web at http://jefferson.lib.co.us

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Travis Whitt
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:35 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes


House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski definitely makes interesting use
of footnotes. It isn't non-fiction but is worth a look.

----------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:55:54 -0400
> From: [removed]@kentonlibrary.org
> To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
> Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>
> I just read My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs and Stand-Up by
Russell Brand. He uses footnotes to explain British terms and references
to non-Brits. The book is definitely not for the easily offended (sex,
drugs, etc.), but it's wickedly funny.
>
> Leigh
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
>>[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Suchy, LeAnn
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:12 PM
>>To: Fiction_L
>>Subject: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>>
>>I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative
non-fiction and memoirs. Footnotes that expand upon something in history
or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or
footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by
themselves.
>>
>>She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've
read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes,
but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>>
>>Any suggestions? I can compile this list if there is interest.
>>
>>LeAnn Suchy
>>Reference & Information Literacy Librarian College of St. Benedict/St.

>>John's University
>>e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu ~ phone: 320.363.5296 Find me on Facebook,
>>too!
>
>
> Leigh K. Mauer, MLIS
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Erlanger Branch Library
> 401 Kenton Lands Road
> Erlanger, KY 41018
> 859-962-4000 x.4108
> [removed]@kentonlibrary.org
>
> ......................................................................
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> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
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FROM: "Gena Zelenka" <[removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 5/5/09, 12:18 PM

I'm sure someone has mentioned Terry Pratchett and Junot (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) Diaz's use of footnotes.

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sagun
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:08 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: creative footnotes


I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.  I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting.  I'm looking forward to her other books.
 
Karen Sagun
MLS candidate, University of South Florida
[removed]@mail.usf.edu
 
"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."
 
Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
entertaining  footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
might also.

--
Karen Keys
Functional Design Manager
Queens Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd.
Jamaica, NY


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Suchy, LeAnn <[removed]@csbsju.edu> wrote:
> I have a student looking for interesting uses of footnotes in creative non-fiction and memoirs.  Footnotes that expand upon something in history or an idea mentioned in the creative non-fiction or memoirs, or footnotes that even expand upon a story or tell a story all by themselves.
>
> She also wanted fiction, but I sent her a bunch of those that I've read and I also found websites listing tons of fiction with footnotes, but I'm coming up a little short for memoirs and creative non-fiction.
>
> Any suggestions?  I can compile this list if there is interest.
>
> LeAnn Suchy
> Reference & Information Literacy Librarian
> College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
> e-mail: [removed]@csbsju.edu  ~  phone: 320.363.5296
> Find me on Facebook, too!
>
> ......................................................................
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"When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."

FROM: Rachel Thern <[removed]@prattlibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/6/09, 9:13 AM

Forgive me if someone mentioned this, but Jonathan Strange and Mr.
Norrell by Susanna Clarke had great footnotes.

Rachel


Gena Zelenka wrote:
> I'm sure someone has mentioned Terry Pratchett and Junot (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) Diaz's use of footnotes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sagun
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:08 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: creative footnotes
>
>
> I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting. I'm looking forward to her other books.
>
> Karen Sagun
> MLS candidate, University of South Florida
> [removed]@mail.usf.edu
>
> "When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess Bride."
>
> Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
> From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400
>
> Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
> entertaining footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
> might also.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Scanned MGW2

FROM: Lexi Henshel <[removed]@gmail.com>
REC'D: 5/6/09, 9:18 AM

I'm sure you have this already, but Salinger used footnotes to great
effect in Franny and Zooey and Raise High The Roof Beam Carpenters!

--
The List: What I'm Reading Now is at http://lexacatslist.blogspot.com/
Lexacat's Guide To Finding A Good Book is at
http://lexacatsguidetobooks.blogspot.com/

FROM: "Jo Ann Drolshagen" <[removed]@bccls.org>
REC'D: 5/7/09, 10:11 AM

I don't think this one was mentioned either: The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart (YA
FIC).
--
Jo Ann Drolshagen, MLIS
YA Librarian/Technical Services
New Milford Public Library


> Gena Zelenka wrote:
>> I'm sure someone has mentioned Terry Pratchett and Junot (The Brief Wondrous Life
>> of Oscar Wao) Diaz's use of footnotes.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On
>> Behalf Of Karen Sagun
>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:08 AM
>> To: Fiction_L
>> Subject: creative footnotes
>>
>>
>> I just finished reading Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
>> I thought the footnotes were really funny and interesting. I'm looking forward to
>> her other books.
>>
>> Karen Sagun
>> MLS candidate, University of South Florida
>> [removed]@mail.usf.edu
>>
>> "When I was your age, television was called books." -- Grandfather, "The Princess
>> Bride."
>>
>> Subject: Re: Creative Non-fiction and Memoirs w/ Footnotes
>> From: "Karen Keys" <[removed]@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:40 -0400
>>
>> Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach has really
>> entertaining footnotes. I've not read her previous books, but they
>> might also.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Scanned MGW2
>
>
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FROM: Alice Roelke <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 5/7/09, 6:09 PM

There is also "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell," by Susanna Clarke. Lots
of footnotes, and quite creative.

~Alice~

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