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Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2002-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0805070850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780805070859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Writers on Writing by :
Collects inspirational essays celebrating the art of writing, including contributions from Russell Banks, Saul Bellow, and E.L. Doctorow.
Author |
: Margaret Atwood |
Publisher |
: Virago Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0349006237 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780349006239 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Writers and Writing by : Margaret Atwood
Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse - their activities, looking at what costumes they have seen fit to assume, what roles they have chosen to play.
Author |
: Margaret Atwood |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2002-03-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521662605 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521662604 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Negotiating with the Dead by : Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood examines the nature of writing and the role of writers.
Author |
: Dani Shapiro |
Publisher |
: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 203 |
Release |
: 2013-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802193438 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802193439 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Still Writing by : Dani Shapiro
This national bestseller from celebrated novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro is an intimate and eloquent companion to living a creative life. Through a blend of memoir, meditation on the artistic process, and advice on craft, Shapiro offers her gift to writers everywhere: a guide of hard-won wisdom and advice for staying the course. In the ten years since the first edition, Still Writing has become a mainstay of creative writing classes as well as a lodestar for writers just starting out, and above all, an indispensable almanac for modern writers.
Author |
: George Orwell |
Publisher |
: Renard Press Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 15 |
Release |
: 2021-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781913724269 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1913724263 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why I Write by : George Orwell
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Author |
: Alissa R. Torres |
Publisher |
: Villard Books |
Total Pages |
: 226 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780345500694 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0345500695 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Widow by : Alissa R. Torres
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Alissa Torres, whose husband was killed in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and her legal and psychological battles over his death.
Author |
: John Gardner |
Publisher |
: Counterpoint |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0201483386 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780201483383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Writers and Writing by : John Gardner
A first-time collection of the essays and reviews of the late artist and critic, presenting his views on Bellow, Nabokov, Updike, and others, explores subjects ranging from religion to fairy tales, and from King Arthur to Walt Disney.
Author |
: Jon Winokur |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2000-05-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679763413 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679763414 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Advice to Writers by : Jon Winokur
In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Author |
: John Gardner |
Publisher |
: Open Road Media |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2013-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781480409217 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1480409219 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Moral Fiction by : John Gardner
“Fearless, illuminating” criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, “proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial” (Los Angeles Times). Novelist John Gardner’s thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: “True art is by its nature moral.” It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book’s first publication, the passion behind Gardner’s assertion has both provoked and inspired readers. In examining the work of his peers, Gardner analyzes what has gone wrong, in his view, in modern art and literature, and how shortcomings in artistic criticism have contributed to the problem. He develops his argument by showing how artists and critics can reintroduce morality and substance to their work to improve society and cultivate our morality. On Moral Fiction is an essential read in which Gardner presents his thoughtfully developed criteria for the elements he believes are essential to art and its creation. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.
Author |
: Bonnie Friedman |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2014-08-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062333216 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062333216 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Writing Past Dark by : Bonnie Friedman
Writing Past Dark charts the emotional side of the writer's life. It is a writing companion to reach for when you feel lost and want to regain access to the memories, images, and the ideas inside you that are the fuel of strong writing. Combining personal narrative and other writers' experiences, Friedman explores a whole array of emotions and dilemmas writers face—envy, distraction, guilt, and writer's block—and shares the clues that can set you free. Supportive, intimate, and reflective, Writing Past Dark is a comfort and resource for all writers.