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The Writer Who Stayed

Paperback • 2012 • English

The Writer Who Stayed

By William Knowlton Zinsser

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About the book

William Zinsser, author of "On Writing Well" and many other books, wrote a weekly blog for the American Scholar -- about writing, the arts, New York, and popular culture. This book collects these engaging pieces by one of America's best essayists. Relationships, storytelling, baseball, summer reading, comic strips, Woody Allen -- Bill Zinsser illuminates modern life.

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ISBN

9781589880801

Publisher

Paul Dry Books, Inc

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

The Writer Who Stayed

Format

Paperback

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