The Writing Life Contributor(s): Dillard, Annie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060919884 ISBN-13: 9780060919887 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 Annotation: With color, irony and sensitivity, Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 89045034 |
Lexile Measure: 880 |
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.34" W x 8.02" (0.22 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For nonwriters, it is a glimpse into the trials and satisfactions of a life spent with words. For writers, it is a warm, rambling, conversation with a stimulating and extraordinarily talented colleague. -- Chicago Tribune From Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Dillard, a collection that illuminates the dedication and daring that characterizes a writer's life. In these short essays, Annie Dillard--the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood--illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that characterize the existence of a writer. A moving account of Dillard's own experiences while writing her works, The Writing Life offers deep insight into one of the most mysterious professions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dillard, Annie: - Annie Dillard has written twelve books, including in nonfiction For the Time Being, Teaching a Stone to Talk, Holy the Firm, and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |