Lit from Within offers creative writers a window into the minds of some of America’s most celebrated contemporary authors. Witty, direct, and thought–provoking, these essays offer something to creative writers of all backgrounds and experience. With contributions from fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers, this is a collection of unusual breadth and quality.
Contributors: Lee K. Abbott, Rick Bass, Claire Bateman, Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Billy Collins, Peter Ho Davies, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Robin Hemley, Tony Hoagland, David Kirby, Maggie Nelson, Francine Prose, Mary Ruefle
Tabella dei contenuti
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- RON CARLSON
The Wrong Answer - ROBIN HEMLEY
Confessions of a Navel Gazer - FRANCINE PROSE
Gesture - BILLY COLLINS
The Myth of Craft
Thoughts on the Writing of Poetry - PETER HO DAVIES
Only Collect
Something about the Short Story Collection - CHARLES BAXTER
Stillness - DAVID KIRBY
Thirteen Things I Hate about Poetry - CLAIRE BATEMAN
Some Questions about Questions - STEPHEN DUNN
The Poem, Its Buried Subject, and the Revisionist Reader
Behind “The Guardian Angel” - LEE K. ABBOTT
Thirteen Things about the Contemporary Short Story That Really Hack Me Off - TONY HOAGLAND
Litany, Gamesmanship, and Representation
Charting the Old to the New Poetry - MAGGIE NELSON
All That Is the Case
Some Thoughts on Fact in Nonfiction and Documentary Poetry - CARL DENNIS
A Poem of Character - RICK BASS
Good Fortune Befell Me
Notes on the Writer/Editor Relationship - MARY RUEFLE
Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World - Credits
Circa l’autore
Dinty W. Moore’s memoir Between Panic & Desire was the winner of the Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize in 2009. His other books include The Accidental Buddhist, Toothpick Men, and The Emperor’s Virtual Clothes. He is a professor of nonfiction writing at Ohio University.
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