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The Truth About Writing
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Ideal for aspiring and professional writers, avid readers, and anyone fascinated by the art of the written word. A thoughtful gift for those who appreciate literary wisdom and creative inspiration.
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There's no better writing than what writers write about writing. Each author's perspective, each honest quip, and each unique truth offers insight into the process of self-expression. Curated here in a thoughtful collection, The Truth About Writing brings fresh attention to favourite writers, their thoughts, and their passions.
Elevated with a fresh design, a foil-stamped cover, and colourful edge staining, this book of quotes is the perfect gift for novice and professional writers, avid readers, or anyone who loves the written word.
Filled with wisdom from some of writing's best and brightest, including old favourites such as J. D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Sylvia Plath, and Ray Bradbury, and more contemporary figures such as Roxane Gay, Toni Morrison, Stephen King, and Cheryl Strayed, this book contains more than 380 quotations; many are contradictory, but all are true.
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ISBN: 9781419732645
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 September 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Abrams Noterie
Contributors:
- Foreword by William Least Heat-Moon
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 106.0mm
Height: 158.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 192
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About the Author
William Least Heat-Moon is an American travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and Osage ancestry. He is the author of Blue Highways and Writing Blue Highways. He lives in Rocheport, Missouri.
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