To show and to tell : the craft of literary nonfiction /
A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Lopate--the celebrated essayist and the director of Columbia University's nonfiction program. He provides the nuts and bolts, offering a refreshing new master class on the craft of the personal narrative, including the personal essay and memoir
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
2013
New York : 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st Free Press trade paperback ed |
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| Summary: | A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Lopate--the celebrated essayist and the director of Columbia University's nonfiction program. He provides the nuts and bolts, offering a refreshing new master class on the craft of the personal narrative, including the personal essay and memoir Distinguished author Phillip Lopate, editor of the celebrated anthology The Art of the Personal Essay, is universally acclaimed as "one of our best personal essayists" (Dallas Morning News). Here, combining more than forty years of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, he brings us this highly anticipated nuts-and-bolts guide to writing literary nonfiction. A phenomenal master class shaped by Lopate's informative, accessible tone and immense gift for storytelling, To Show and To Tell reads like a long walk with a favorite professor--refreshing, insightful, and encouraging in often unexpected ways. Book jacket |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 225 p. ; 22 cm xi, 225 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1451696329 (trade paper) 1451696329 1451696337 (ebook) 1451696337 9781451696325 (trade paper) 9781451696325 9781451696332 (ebook) 9781451696332 |