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The Writing Life

by Annie Dillard

ISBN13: 9780060919887
ISBN10: 0060919884
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Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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"A kind of spiritual Strunk & White, a small and brilliant guidebook to the landscape of a writer's task...Dillard brings the same passion and connective intelligence to this narrative as she has to her other work."(-- Boston Globe)

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"For nonwriters, it is a glimpse into the tirals and satisfactions of a life spent with words. For writers, it is a warm, rambling, conversation with a stimulating and extraordinarily talented colleague."(--Chicago Tribune)

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With color, irony and sensitivity, Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.

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: Janelle, July 16, 2007 (view all comments by Janelle)
This is a great book for anyone who has toyed with the idea of chucking their day job and moving to a cabin in the woods to write. Annie Dillard's honest look at the process of writing-the fun bits as well as the tedium, adds up to inspiration and insight into the day-to-day life of a writer. I enjoyed her honesty and easy to read style.
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ISBN:: 9780060919887
Author:: Dillard, Annie
Publisher:: Harper Perennial
Author:: by Annie Dillard
Location:: New York
Subject:: General
Subject:: Literary
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Biography
Subject:: Women
Subject:: Authors, American
Subject:: General Literary Criticism & Collections
Subject:: Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Subject:: Dillard, Annie - Biography
Edition Description:: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
Series Volume:: 120
Publication Date:: February 1999
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 128
Dimensions:: 8.02x5.34x.32 in. .22 lbs.

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