The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work: A Collection from the Washington Post Book World

Featuring a gathering of more than fifty of contemporary literature's finest voices, this volume will enchant, move,...
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Author: Marie Arana
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The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work: A Collection from the Washington Post Book World by Arana, Marie

The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work: A Collection from the Washington Post Book World

$38.49

The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work: A Collection from the Washington Post Book World

$38.49
Author: Marie Arana
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Featuring a gathering of more than fifty of contemporary literature's finest voices, this volume will enchant, move, and inspire readers with its tales of The Writing Life. In it, authors divulge professional secrets: how they first discovered they were writers, how they work, how they deal with the myriad frustrations and delights a writer's life affords. Culled from ten years of the distinguished Washington Post column of the same name, The Writing Life highlights an eclectic group of luminaries who have wildly varied stories to tell, but who share this singularly beguiling career. Here are their pleasures as well as their peeves; revelations of their deepest fears; dramas of triumphs and failures; insights into the demands and rewards.

Each piece is accompanied by a brief and vivid biography of the writer by Washington Post Book World editor Marie Arana who also provides an introduction to the collection. The result is a rare view from the inside: a close examination of writers' concerns about the creative process and the place of literature in America. For anyone interested in the making of fiction and nonfiction, here is a fascinating vantage on the writer's world -- an indispensable guide to the craft.

Author: Marie Arana
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 05/08/2003
Pages: 426
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781586481490


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2003 pg. 280
Booklist 03/15/2003 pg. 1269
Library Journal 04/01/2003 pg. 111
Publishers Weekly 04/15/2003

About the Author
Marie Arana is the editor in chief of the Washington Post Book World. A former publishing executive, she is author of a highly acclaimed memoir, American Chica. She and her husband, Jonathan Yardley, live in Washington, D.C.

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