Unless It Moves the Human Heart - The Craft and Art of Writing

Zusatztext "There is much to love and ponder within these passionate pages." Informationen zum Autor Roger Rosenblatt  is the author of six off-Broadway plays and eighteen books, including Lapham Rising, Making Toast, Kayak Morning and The Boy Detective. He is the recipient of the 2015 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement. Klappentext For more than forty years, distinguished author Roger Rosenblatt has also been a teacher of writing, guiding students with the same intelligence and generosity he brings to the page, answering the difficult questions about what makes a story good, an essay shapely, a novel successful, and the most profound and essential question of them all— why write ? Unless It Moves the Human Heart details one semester in Rosenblatt's "Writing Everything" class. In a series of funny, intimate conversations, a diverse group of students—from Inur, a young woman whose family is from Pakistan, to Sven, an ex–fighter pilot—grapples with the questions and subjects most important to narrative craft. Delving into their varied lives, Rosenblatt brings readers closer to them, emotionally investing us in their failures and triumphs. More than a how-to for writers and aspiring writers, more than a memoir of teaching, Unless It Moves the Human Heart is a deeply felt and impassioned plea for the necessity of writing in our lives. As Rosenblatt wisely reminds us, "Writing is the cure for the disease of living. Doing it may sometimes feel like an escape from the world, but at its best moments it is an act of rescue." Zusammenfassung Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary works—from the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast. With Unless It Moves the Human Heart, the revered novelist, essayist, playwright, and respected writing teacher offers a guidebook for aspiring authors, a memoir, and an impassioned argument for the necessity of writing in our world. In the tradition of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, Rosenblatt’s Unless It Moves the Human Heart provides practical insights and advice on the craft, exquisitely presented by one of contemporary literature’s living treasures. ...

Product details

• Authors: Roger Rosenblatt, Rosenblatt Roger
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9780061965616
• ISBN: 978-0-06-196561-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Ecco
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; History, Biography: general, Teaching skills and techniques, Language learning: writing skills, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Research methods: general, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir *, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / General, COMPOSITION & WRITING: COMPOSITION, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Poetry, EDUCATION: Reference, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / History, EDUCATION: Teaching / General, Composition & Writing / Composition