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Being a Writer

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Being a Writer

By Travis Elborough

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About the book

The joys and challenges of being a writer are explored in this inspiring assemblage of wit, wisdom and hard-won practical advice from some of the world's greatest authors musing on the art of writing and how they came to define themselves as writers. From Samuel Johnson in eighteenth-century London to Lorrie Moore in twenty-first-century Wisconsin, the contributors range from the canon to contemporary, covering more than 250 years, and come from all over the world. Beautifully illustrated throug...Show more

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ISBN

9780711238206

Publisher

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Being a Writer

Format

Hardcover

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