How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors

ISBN 10: 0847829421 / ISBN 13: 9780847829422

Published by Rizzoli, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847829421
• ISBN 13: 9780847829422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1777453953.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 15126130
• Signed: 4/29/2026 9:12:33 AM
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Synopsis

Have you ever wondered about the creative process of your favorite authors? Ever wondered who loves money more than life? What doors do the secret keys unlock? What old lady wears fur jackets? Who needs to punch a boxing ball before work? With primary evidence from the very private lives of those contemporary authors that are lingering on the doorstep of the literary canon, How I Write is an editorial powerhouse of more than sixty original features by Jonathan Franzen, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Will Self, Nicole Krauss, and many others. Letters, photographs, drawings, even candy wrappers, phone bills, and other scattered mementos will be strikingly presented in this smartly designed volume. Using the same research team that previously published the unknown letters of Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Dickens's notebook, Harold Pinter's blues lyrics, and a nude shot of Alan Ginsberg, How I Write offers unpublished and unseen material illuminating the secret lives of authors. A must-have for the growing fan base of McSweeny's and other literary magazines, the book, designed by legendary and award-winning art director Vince Frost, will also be a perfect gift for all writers, readers, and anyone interested in books, ideas, and design.

About the Author

Dan Crowe was the editor of Zembla magazine, the award-winning international literary magazine, and is currently the literary editor of Another magazine.