Richard Rubin

I went to the reading by Richard Rubin tonight. I was nice to see his tasteful and honest depictions of a world that was so new to him. Rubin read about his time in the south. It was great experience because not only was I able to hear some funny and enlightening stories of his time with his first southern Christmas and such, but I was also able to look at a new side of non-fiction writing. Usually when I think of non-fiction writing, I envision text books and factual texts. However, Richard Rubin showed non-fiction writing in a vivid and creative sense with a new element. I know that everything in non-fiction writing must be true to write non-fiction, but that does not mean it has to be boring. He spiced up his stories with such life that I was able t o see what he was seeing. It did help, obviously, to have the author and original viewer of the situation reading the stories, however, it was still a new look and very alive. The one point that I took from the lecture was this fresh outlook on non-fiction writing and second to record every situation as it happens in order to properly live the situation. For when an idea for a story arises these tools will help to create a powerful piece of writing such as those demonstrated by Richard Rubin.