从今年第2期开始,《人民文学》开辟一个新栏目:“非虚构”。设立“非虚构”的初衷是什么?当时我要发韩石山的自传《既贱且辱此一生》,然后就有一个难题:把它放在哪个栏目里呢?你知道,文学期刊大致是几大块:小说、散文、诗,有的还有报告文学。像韩这样的作品,当然不是小说,是报告文学吗?是散文吗?都不很对;中药柜子抽屉不够用了,我也想过临时做个抽屉,比如就叫自传,但我又没打算发很多自传,做个抽屉难道用一次就让它闲着?最后,就 Starting from the second phase of this year, “People’s Literature” opens up a new section: “Non-fictionalization.” What was the original intention of setting up a “non-fictional” structure? At that time, I wanted to send Han Shi-shan’s autobiography “both cheap and shameful.” Then there was a problem: where did it fit? What are the big pieces: novels, essays, poems, and some reportage. Of course, works like Han are not fiction, reportage? Essay? Not quite right; drawer medicine cabinet is not enough, I also thought of as a temporary drawer, such as autobiography, but I did not intend Send a lot of autobiography, is it a drawer to let it idle? Finally, on