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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

By Thomas C. Foster

A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between. Harper Perennial, 2020.

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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

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Smart strategies for reading news, bios, and other nonfiction works more critically and carefully, so you can discern the accuracy of the information and weed out the publications posting falsehoods from those which provide you with something close to the truth.

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Who should read How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

News junkies • biography lovers • journalists • social media users • those seeking the truth about the world • anyone wanting to read with more awareness

About the author of How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

Thomas C. Foster is an English professor at the University of Michigan and the author of numerous bestsellers on literary forms from classic prose and poetry to novels and nonfiction. His recent work, How to Write Like a Writer, takes a bit of a twist on his previous publications, offering a glimpse at literature from the other side, and acting as a guide for creative writing.

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