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Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003)

by The New York Times

Other authors: Diane Ackerman (Contributor), Margaret Atwood (Contributor), Ann Beattie (Contributor), Geraldine Brooks (Contributor), Alan Cheuse (Contributor) — 42 more, Frank Conroy (Contributor), Chitra Divakaruni (Contributor), Leslie Epstein (Contributor), Stephen Fry (Contributor), Alan Furst (Contributor), Dorothy Gallagher (Contributor), Herbert Gold (Contributor), Allegra Goodman (Contributor), Vivian Gornick (Contributor), Andrew Greeley (Contributor), Kathryn Harrison (Contributor), Michael Holroyd (Contributor), A. M. Homes (Contributor), A. E. Hotchner (Contributor), Susan Isaacs (Contributor), Mary Karr (Contributor), William J. Kennedy (Contributor), Beth Kephart (Contributor), Brad Leithauser (Contributor), Elmore Leonard (Contributor), Elinor Lipman (Contributor), David Mamet (Contributor), Patrick McGrath (Contributor), Arthur Miller (Contributor), Honor Moore (Contributor), Marcia Muller (Contributor), P.J. O'Rourke (Contributor), Jay Parini (Contributor), Ann Patchett (Contributor), Anna Quindlen (Contributor), Jonathan Rosen (Contributor), James Sallis (Contributor), John Sedgwick (Contributor), David Shields (Contributor), Susan Richards Shreve (Contributor), Jane Smiley (Introduction), Richard Stern (Contributor), Amy Tan (Contributor), Shashi Tharoor (Contributor), Frederic Tuten (Contributor), Donald E. Westlake (Contributor), Edmund White (Contributor)

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"Glimpses into writers and the circumstances that shape them . . . Valuable gleanings."-Kirkus Reviews In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-runningNew 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.… (more)

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808.02Literature › modified standard subdivisions › Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures › Rhetoric and anthologies › Authorship techniques, plagiarism, editorial techniques

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PN137.W734Language and Literature › Literature (General) › Literature (General) › Authorship

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