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Interviews | November 3, 2009

Sheila A.: IMG On Storytelling: The Powells.com Interview with Donald Miller

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donaldmillerDonald Miller is a Christian writer, but the question that Miller asks with his latest memoir, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, is applicable to... Continue »
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An Introduction to Fiction

by X. J. Kennedy

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KEY BENEFIT: This book provides readers with a rich collection of fiction and engaging insights on reading, analyzing, and writing about stories. Written by noted poets X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, this anthology reflects the authors' wit and contagious enthusiasm for their subject.
  • An exclusive conversation between Dana Gioia and celebrated author Amy Tan gives readers an insider's look into the importance of reading to this contemporary writer.
  • A diverse array of new selections includes 10 new stories by authors such as Naguib Mafhouz's The Lawsuit, Virginia Woolf's A Haunted House, Sherman Alexie's This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Eudora Welty's Why I Live at the P.O. and Lorrie Moore's How to Become a Writer.
  • A new Latin American Writers chapter features some of the finest writers of the region including Octavio Paz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Ines Arredondo.
    • For everyone wishing to delight in the study of short fiction.
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    Product Details

    ISBN:
    9780205687886
    Author:
    Kennedy, X. J.
    Publisher:
    Longman Publishing Group
    Author:
    Kennedy, Joe (X J. ).
    Author:
    Gioia, Dana
    Subject:
    Fiction
    Subject:
    General
    Subject:
    Composition & Creative Writing - Fiction
    Subject:
    Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject
    Copyright:
    2009
    Publication Date:
    September 2009
    Binding:
    Paperback
    Language:
    English
    Pages:
    832
    Dimensions:
    9.10x6.30x.90 in. 1.45 lbs.
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