The Writing Life: A Collection of Essays and Interviews - Softcover

Osen, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679769838 ISBN 13: 9780679769835

Publisher: Random House, Inc., 1995

Synopsis

A collection of essays by and interviews with America's finest writers about their working lives, this book has been published to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the National Book Awards. Includes 10 pages of photos.

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of essays by and interviews with America's finest writers about their working lives, this book has been published to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the National Book Awards. Includes 10 pages of photos.

From Library Journal

In this collection of 19 essays and interviews, National Book Award (NBA) winners explore the role of the writer and share the rituals they use to get started writing. Among the contributors are such well-known authors as Gloria Naylor, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Paul Monette, E. Annie Proulx, and Norman Rush. Naylor, winner of an NBA for The Women of Brewster Place (LJ 6/15/82), tells of entering the African Studies Department at Brooklyn College and learning about all the black writers she did not know existed. Monette, whose Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (LJ 5/1/92) won the award for nonfiction in 1992, warns against censorship, while Rush, 1992 fiction award winner for Mating (LJ 9/1/91), reminds us of the importance of literature. This collection will inspire all interested in writers, writing, and the creative process. At a time when interest in quality literature seems to be dwindling, this volume, which celebrates the act of writing, the forging of a creative product out of everyday existence, is particularly valuable.
Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House, Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679769838
• ISBN 13: 9780679769835
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 243