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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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ISBN13: 9781400032389 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The author looks back on lessons from her 30 years of acting and teaching to help chart the path to success for a new generation of artists and performers. She shows how to combine artistic integrity with professional savvy, offering an example of how to pursue one's art without compromise. Young Adult.
Review:
“Imagine being pen pals with one of the world’s greatest artistic geniuses. That is the miracle of this book.” –Kerry Washington
Review:
“A practical manual for any artist as well as a powerful reminder of how we can and should live through our art.” –Martin Sheen
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“Brilliant. . . . A treasure for anyone contemplating a career in the arts–and, frankly, for anyone already in the midst of one.” –Dawn Raffel
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“A motivating example for all of us.” –Mary Ellen Mark
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“Her advice is as relevant to a youngster just beginning to explore artistic options as it is to adults already accomplished in their art.” –Esmeralda Santiago
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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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781400032389
- Subtitle:
- Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts--For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Anchor Books
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Creativity
- Subject:
- Conduct of life
- Subject:
- Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
- Subject:
- Careers - Arts
- Publication Date:
- January 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 227
- Dimensions:
- 8.02x5.26x.63 in. .55 lbs.
