Writers on Writing - (Writers on Writing (Times Books Paperback)) by New York Times (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running "New York Times" column, another group of contemporary literature's finest voices muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity. Contributors include Elmore Leonard, Arthur Miller, Amy Tan and Edmund White.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Glimpses into writers and the circumstances that shape them . . . Valuable gleanings.-Kirkus Reviews</b> <p/> In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running <i>New York Times</i> column, <i>Writers on Writing</i> brings together another group of contemporary literature's finest voices to muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity.<br> 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, <i> Writers on Writing, </i> Volume II offers an uncommon and revealing view of the writer's world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Jane Smiley</b> is the author of ten works of fiction, including <i>Good Faith; Horse Heaven; A Thousand Acres</i>, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; and <i>Moo</i>. She lives in northern California.</p>
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