| Let Us Build Us a City Contributor(s): Daugherty, Tracy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820350818 ISBN-13: 9780820350813 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016958182 |
| Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With Let Us Build Us a City Tracy Daugherty considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society. At its core, Let Us Build Us a City is a work of cultural and literary history, combining memoir (of the author's experiences as a student and teacher of literature and writing) with analysis and speculation. Daugherty exploits a variety of forms to explore literary apprenticeship and mentoring, philosophy, politics, metaphysics, and American history. In particular, Daugherty focuses on the creative impulse and the diverse ways in which individual writers apply their imaginations to their craft. Along the way, he offers multiple lace of creative practice within it. Let Us Build Us a City is a stirring defense and timely renewal of our national literary vision. |
Contributor Bio(s): Griswold, John: - JOHN GRISWOLD is an assistant professor in the MFA program at McNeese State University and the editor of the McNeese Review. He is the author of the novel A Democracy of Ghosts and of the nonfiction narrative Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City. He lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana.Daugherty, Tracy: - TRACY DAUGHERTY is the author of, most recently, The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion. He has also published four novels, six short story collections, and a book of personal essays as well as biographies of Donald Barthelme and Joseph Heller. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. |