Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
- ISBN-10
- 0805070850
- ISBN-13
- 9780805070859
- Series
- Writers on Writing
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-05
- Publisher
- Macmillan
Description
A collection of touching, humorous, and practical writings explores literature and the art of writing with contributions from Russell Banks, Saul Bellow, E. L. Doctorow, Richard Ford, Carl Hiaasen, Alice Hoffman, John Updike, and many others. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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