The Writer's Home Companion: An Anthology of the World's Best Writing Advice, From Keats to Kunitz
- ISBN-10
- 0805048936
- ISBN-13
- 9780805048933
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 269
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-05-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Joan Bolker
Description
Offers a collection of essays by a variety of poets, novelists, critics, and other writers on the process of writing, revision, finding a voice, seeking an audience, and other techniques of authorship
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