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A Manner of Being Writers on Their Mentors

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

A Manner of Being Writers on Their Mentors

By Annie Liontas, Jeff Parker

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About the book

What do the punk singer Henry Rollins, the Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, the American authors Tobias Wolff, Tayari Jones, and George Saunders, the Canadian writer Sheila Heti, and the Russian poet Polina Barskova have in common? At some point they all studied the art of writing deeply with someone. The nearly seventy short essays in A Manner of Being, by some of the best contemporary writers from around the world, pay homage to mentors?the writers, teachers, nannies, and sages?who enlig...Show more

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9781625341822

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University of Massachusetts Press

Published year

2015

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1

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A Manner of Being Writers on Their Mentors

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