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Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts -- For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind

by Anna Deavere Smith

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From the most exciting individual in American theater” (Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smiths brass tacks advice to aspiring artists of all stripes. In vividly anecdotal letters to the young BZ, she addresses the full spectrum of issues that people starting out will face: from questions of confidence, discipline, and self-esteem, to fame, failure, and fear, to staying healthy, presenting yourself effectively, building a diverse social and professional network, and using your art to promote social change. At once inspiring and no-nonsense, Letters to a Young Artist will challenge you, motivate you, and set you on a course to pursue your art without compromise.

About the Author

Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, a teacher, a playwright, and the creator of an acclaimed series of one-woman plays based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. She has won two Obie Awards, two Tony nominations for her play Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and a MacArthur Fellowship. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play Fires in the Mirror. She has had roles in the films Philadelphia, An American President, The Human Stain, and Rent, and she has worked in television on The Practice, Presidio Med, and The West Wing. The founder and director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, she teaches at New York University and lives in New York City.

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ISBN:
9781400032389
Author:
Smith, Anna Deavere
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Author:
Smith, Anna Deavere
Subject:
General
Subject:
Creativity
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
Subject:
Careers - Arts
Subject:
Young artists - Conduct of life
Subject:
Business-Careers
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20060131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.65 in 0.5 lb

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