Sean McGowan (born Sean Paul Michael McGowan; December 21, 1950), is an American

activist Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from mandate build ...

and

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...

Career

As a writer, he was one of the subset of

American writers The Lists of American writers include: United States By ethnicity *List of African-American writers *List of Asian American writers, List of Asian-American writers *List of Cuban American writers, List of Cuban-American writers *List of Egypti ...

to publish photographic novels, similar to

photo novel Photo comics are a form of sequential storytelling using photographs rather than illustrations for the images, along with the usual comics conventions of narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. They are sometimes referred to in ...

s in that they are both literary and graphic, yet distinguished from them by using photography instead of illustrations. His writing focuses on wide world views and macro issues from social justice to the neuroscience of warfare. McGowan has become known for the release of his work into the

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. One book,Libiblio International News September 23rd, 2007
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Click Click Snap Click Click Snap is a 2007 book by Sean McGowan. It is a work of literary nonfiction and a photographic novel (but not a photo novel). The book has been released into the public domain. The full book can be read for free(see source). Synopsi ...

'' (2007) was written during his travels through the Middle East and is a modern example of

literary nonfiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts ...

Bibliography

* ''Salisbury Steak'' (2004) * ''

'' (2007)

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(Broken link) {{DEFAULTSORT:McGowan, Sean American activists American male non-fiction writers American non-fiction writers American photographers 1950 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male musicians

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