Fresno Famous

Lee Gutkind, who is known in writing circles as "The Godfather of Creative Nonfiction," loves to place himself into situations he has never quite experienced before.

Each time Blas Manuel De Luna has thought that being a poet might not have been a good idea, dashes of fortune have redeemed his trust in writing.

In the last six months, Brian Turner has been interviewed all over the world about the unlikely intersection of two topics that loom large over his life: war and poetry.