Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This collection provides a rare glimpse into the writing lives of 15 contemporary authors, including Charles Baxter, Elizabeth McCracken, and Charles Johnson. How-to sidebars on improving prose and breaking into publishing guide readers in getting a jump start on publication.
Table of Contents
Walking the path / Richard Bausch -- Recognizing the ordinary / Charles Baxter -- Bringing empathy to fiction / Carrie Brown -- A limited, beautiful effort / Andre Dubus -- Magic in craft / Stuart Dybek -- Invitation to the story / Richard Ford -- Voices in mind / Ernest J. Gaines -- From experience to innocence / William H. Gass -- Mining literary heritage / Tim Gautreaux -- Inhabiting the other / Siri Hustvedt.