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"This irreverent guide to crafting personal essays & creative nonfiction takes inspiration from the father of the essay, Michele de Montaigne, using lively essays to answer writing questions from top writers like Cheryl Strayed & Philip Lopate"--Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy,I have a hot crush on the em dash. What does my need to stuff—while simultaneously fracturing—my sentences—with the meandering, the explanatory, the discursive, the perhaps not-entirely-necessary—say about me? —Cheryl Strayed Have you ever wished there were an advice columnist for writers, but one who didn’t take things so damned seriously? This unique writing guide pairs questions sent in by top contemporary essayists with hilariously witty answers & essays from acclaimedauthor Dinty W. Moore. Phillip Lopate asks for advice on writing about your ex without sounding like an ass, Julianna Baggott worries that to be a great writer you must drink like a fish, & Roxane Gay asks whether it’s kosher to write about writing. Taking advantage of all the tools available to today’s personal essayist—egregious puns, embarrassing anecdotes, & cocktail napkins—Professor Moore answers these questions, and more, demystifying t

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Author

Moore, Dinty W.

Publisher

Ten Speed Press, Crown Publishing, Penguin Random House

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781607748106

Category

humor

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor

Rating

3.59 / 5 (174 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14