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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsWriters on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from the New York Timesby New York Times
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Todays most celebrated writers explore the literary life in a second collection of inspiring and eye-opening essays In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running New York Times column, Writers on Writing brings together another group of contemporary literatures finest voices to muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity. The pieces ranges from taciturn, hilarious advice for aspiring writers to thoughtful, soul-wrenching reflections on writing in the midst of national tragedy. William Kennedy talks about the intersecting lives of real and imagined Albany politics; Susan Isaacs reveals her nostalgia for a long-retired protaganist; and Elmore Leonard offers pithy rules for letting the writing, and not the writer, take charge. Writers on Writing offers an uncommon and revealing view of the writers world. Contributors include Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Conroy, Chitra Divakaruni, Allegra Goodman, Kathryn Harrison, Mary Karr, Patrick McGrath, Arthur Miller, P. J. ORourke, Anna Quinlan, Amy Tan, and Edmund White. Review:"Aspiring writers will find plenty of inspiration — and helpful counsel — from this collection, in which the writing is less stuffy and more relaxed than in a similar collection from the Washington Post." Publishers Weekly
Review:"Why write, what about, for whom, and in whose voice are crucial concerns addressed by some of the finest living practitioners of this noble art, and readers will love being privy to their ruminations." Booklist
Synopsis:"Glimpses into writers and the circumstances that shape them . . . Valuable gleanings."-Kirkus Reviews In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running New York Times column, Writers on Writing brings together another group of contemporary literature's finest voices to muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity. The pieces range from taciturn, hilarious advice for aspiring writers to thoughtful, soul-wrenching reflections on writing in the midst of national tragedy. William Kennedy talks about the intersecting lives of real and imagined Albany politics; Susan Isaacs reveals her nostalgia for a long-retired protagonist; and Elmore Leonard offers pithy rules for letting the writing, and not the writer, take charge. With contributions from Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Frank Conroy, Mary Karr, Patrick McGrath, Arthur Miller, Amy Tan, and Edmund White, Writers on Writing, Volume II offers an uncommon and revealing view of the writer's world. About the AuthorJane Smiley is the author of ten works of fiction, including Good Faith; Horse Heaven; A Thousand Acres, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; and Moo. She lives in northern California. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Jane Smiley Poems Foster Self-Discovery by Diane Ackerman A Path Taken, with All the Certainty of Youth by Margaret Atwood Essentials Get Lost in the Shuffle of Publicity by Ann Beattie Timeless Tact Helps Sustain a Literary Time Traveler by Geraldine Brooks Yes, There Are Second Acts (Literary Ones) in American Lives by Alan Cheuse Footprints of Greatness on Your Turf by Frank Conroy New Insights into the Novel? Try Reading Three Hundred by Chitra Divakaruni Returning to Proust's World Stirs Remembrance by Leslie Epstein Forget Ideas, Mr. Author. What Kind of Pen Do You Use? By Stephen Fry In Paris and Moscow, a Novelist Finds His Time and Place by Alan Furst Recognizing the Book That Needs to Be Written by Dorothy Gallagher How to Insult a Writer by Herbert Gold Calming the Inner Critic and Getting to Work by Allegra Goodman A Narrator Leaps Past Journalism by Vivian Gornick They Leap from Your Brain Then Take Over Your Heart by Andrew Greeley When Inspiration Stared Stoically from an Old Photograph by Kathryn Harrison cf0 A Career Despite Dad's Advice by Michael Holroyd Seeing the Unimaginable Freezes the Imagination by A. M. Homes Hemingway's Blessing, Copland's Collaboration by A. E. Hotchner Returning to the Character Who Started It All by Susan Isaacs Negotiating the Darkness, Fortified by Poets' Strength by Mary Karr Hometown Boy Makes Waves by William Kennedy As Her Son Creates His Story, a Mother Waits for the Ending by Beth Kephart The Glory of a First Book by Brad Leithauser Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle by Elmore Leonard A Famous Author Says: "Swell Book! Loved It!" by Elinor Lipman Hearing the Notes That Aren't Played by David Mamet Heroism in Trying Times by Patrick McGrath Shattering the Silence, Illuminating the Hatred by Arthur Miller Overcome by Intensity, Redeemed by Effort by Honor Moore A Novelist's Life Is Altered by Her Alter Ego by Marcia Muller Computers Invite a Tangled Web of Complications by P. J. O'Rourke Saluting All the King's Mentors by Jay Parini Why Not Put Off Till Tomorrow the Novel You Could Begin Today? By Ann Patchett The Eye of the Reporter, the Heart of the Novelist by Anna Quindlen A Retreat from the World Can Be a Perilous Journey by s20Jonathan Rosen After Six Novels in Twelve Years, a Character Just Moves On by James Sallis Fiction and Fact Collide, With Unexpected Consequences by John Sedgwick Confession Begets Connection by David Shields A Storyteller Finds Comfort in a Cloak of Anonymity by Susan Richards Shreve Autumnal Accounting Endangers Happiness by Richard Stern Family Ghosts Hoard Secrets That Bewitch the Living by Amy Tan A Bedeviling Question in the Cadence of English by Shashi Tharoor Still Replying to Grandmas Persistent "And Then?" by Frederic Tuten A Pseudonym Retums from an Alter-Ego Trip, with New Tales to Tell by Donald E. Westlake Before a Rendezvous with the Muse, First Select the Music by Edmund White What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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