My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing /
Phillips, Carl, 1959-
My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing / Carl Phillips. - 100 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Ambition -- Stamina -- Silence -- Politics -- Practice -- Audience -- Community.
"In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an "apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered." Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery."--Publisher description.
9780300257878 0300257872 9780300274141 0300274149
22573/ctv2vt0h55 JSTOR
2022934242
GBC2J9566 bnb
020800396 Uk
Phillips, Carl, 1959-
Authorship.
Authorship--Study and teaching.
Essays.
My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing / Carl Phillips. - 100 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Ambition -- Stamina -- Silence -- Politics -- Practice -- Audience -- Community.
"In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an "apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered." Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery."--Publisher description.
9780300257878 0300257872 9780300274141 0300274149
22573/ctv2vt0h55 JSTOR
2022934242
GBC2J9566 bnb
020800396 Uk
Phillips, Carl, 1959-
Authorship.
Authorship--Study and teaching.
Essays.