Why I Write - Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction

In this widely praised anthology, twenty-six writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as their fiction. The contributors range from literary lions to rising stars and include: Pat Conroy, Mary Gaitskill, Norman Mailer, Rick Moody, Terry McMillan, David Foster Wallace, Mark Jacobsen and many more.

Info autore

Will Blythe was the literary editor as Esquire magazine for many years and now is a regular contributor to Harpers, Mirabella and many other magazines.

Riassunto

In this anthology, 26 writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as their fiction. The contributors include Pat Conroy, Norman Mailor, Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace.

Prefazione

A unique anthology of essays by leading authors on the deeply personal subject of what motivates them to write.

Relazione

These brief essays often amount to writers stripping themselves shivering naked, and answering, with truth and emotion, that very personal very private question. Baltimore SUN

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Will Blythe
• Con la collaborazione di: Will Blythe (Editore)
• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.10.2011
• EAN: 9780316115926
• ISBN: 978-0-316-11592-6
• Pagine: 256
• Illustrazioni: 0
• Serie: Back Bay Book; Back Bay Book
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature