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From Deeply Personal Perspectives, Two Dozen Established Writers Ponder The Mystery Of Their Art And Such Fundamentals As: What Is A Genuine Writing Impulse? Why Does Good Writing Work? How Is Writing Learned? What Is The Role Of Craft And Technique? Who Is Meant To Be A Writer? How Is Close Reading Related To Good Writing? The Volume Is Peppered With Critical Perspectives And Practical Advice, Yet Its Special Richness And Inspiration Lie In The Wonderment And Deep Love For The Act Of Writing Expressed By Each Contributor. Each Essay Is A Joy To Read, Blending Storytelling, Literary Anecdotes Gathered From A Lifetime Of Avid Reading, And The Kind Of Shoptalk Exchanged Between Colleagues. Writers Will Find Here Camaraderie And Encouragement, Teachers Of Writing Will Hear Practical Testimony To What Works, And Readers Will Come Away With A Renewed Awe For The Spell Cast By Good Writing.--from Back Cover. Three Propositions : Hooey, Dewey, And Loony / Marvin Bell -- Don't Just Sit There : Writing As A Polymorphous Perverse Pleasure / Rosellen Brown -- Judgment : An Essay / Nicholas Delbanco -- What's In A Name? / Stanley Elkin -- Reading / Richard Ford -- A Diarist On Diarists / Gail
- Author
- Parini, Jay; Pack, Robert
- Publisher
- Middlebury College Press, University Press of New England
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780874515596
- Subjects
- Reference, Language Learning, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (21 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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