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National Novel Writing Month November 2021
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Pity the reader : on writing with style
by Kurt Vonnegut
The art and craft of writing as explained by one of the few grandmasters of American literature is a bonanza for writers and readers. Never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything Vonnegut ever said or wrote about writing—37 chapters filled with his words, essays, letters, speeches, and more, introduced and woven together by his former student, a teacher and lifelong friend.
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Dæmon voices : on stories and storytelling
by Philip Pullman
The internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy shares insights into the art of writing while exploring how education, religion and science, as well as his favorite classics, helped shaped his literary life.
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Never say you can't survive
by Charlie Jane Anders
An internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed writer presents a nonfiction book that is part memoir, part personal anecdote and insight on how to foster creativity in unprecedented times. 50,000 first printing.
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How to write an autobiographical novel : essays
by Alexander Chee
In a series of essays that illustrate how we form our identities in life and in art, a best-selling author and activist, examining some of the his most formative experiences and those of our nation’s history, shows how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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Recollections of my nonexistence
by Rebecca Solnit
Describing her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, the author explores the influences around her that gave her a voice that has resonated with and empowered many others.
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Draft no. 4 : on the writing process
by John McPhee
A guide to writing long-form nonfiction, written by the legendary New Yorker author and teacher, is presented as a series of lighthearted essays that share insights into the lessons he has learned on the writing process during his years at Princeton University.
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Where the past begins : a writer's memoir
by Amy Tan
Presents a memoir on the author's life as a writer that explores formative experiences from her childhood and her evolving perspectives on the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory
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