Life is short; art is shorter : in praise of brevity /
Shields, David, 1956-,
Life is short; art is shorter : in praise of brevity / by David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman. - xv, 335 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Life Is Short--Art Is Shorter is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories: readers, writers, and teachers will get an anthology, a course's worth of writing exercises, a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital, post-religious age, and a meditation on the brevity of human existence.
0989360458 9780989360456
2014020263
Authorship.
Discourse analysis.
Literature--Philososphy.
Short story.
Life is short; art is shorter : in praise of brevity / by David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman. - xv, 335 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Life Is Short--Art Is Shorter is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories: readers, writers, and teachers will get an anthology, a course's worth of writing exercises, a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital, post-religious age, and a meditation on the brevity of human existence.
0989360458 9780989360456
2014020263
Authorship.
Discourse analysis.
Literature--Philososphy.
Short story.