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Pity the reader

Paperback • 2019 • English • 1. edition

Pity the reader: on writing with style

By Kurt Vonnegut, McConnell, Suzanne

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About the book

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything Vonnegut ever said or wrote having to ...Show more

Creative writing and creative writing guides

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ISBN

9781609809621

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Published year

2019

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Pity the reader

Format

Paperback

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