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MFA in a box : a why to write book / John Rember.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : Dream of Things, c2010.Edition: 1st Dream of Things edDescription: 261 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 098257942X
  • 9780982579428
Other title:
  • Master of fine arts in a box
Subject(s):
Incomplete contents:
Writing violence -- The writer as outsider -- Writing shadows -- Writing family -- Writing place -- The writer as witness -- Writing image -- Writing depth -- Writing mom -- Writing grief -- Writing travel.
Summary: As Rember notes in his introduction, "MFA in a Box is not a how to write book. It's a why to write book." By exploring the relationships between the writer and love, grief, place, family, race and violence, Rember helps writers dive deep into their own writing. He tells them how they can breathe down there and how they can get back. "A big part of writing involves grappling with the terrors and discouragements that come when you have writing skills but can"t project yourself or your work into the future," says Rember. "My hope is that MFA in a Box will help writers balance the despair of writing with the joy of writing." --Publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 808.042 R385 Available 33111006346585
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nautilus Book Award Silver Winner. Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List. Midwest Book Award Finalist/Reference. "Witty, audacious and wise." Robin Metz, Winner of the Rainer Maria Rilke International Poetry Award. "This should be on every writer's bookshelf." Randy Richardson, President, Chicago Writers Association. By exploring the relationships between the writer and love, grief, place, family, race and violence, Rember helps writers dive deep into their own writing. "A big part of writing involves grappling with the terrors and discouragements that come when you have writing skills but can't project yourself or your work into the future," says Rember. "My hope is that MFA in a Box will help writers balance the despair of writing with the joy of writing. It's a book designed to help you to find the courage to put truth into words and to understand that writing is a life-and-death endeavor -- but that nothing about a life-and-death endeavor keeps it from being laugh-out-loud funny."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Writing violence -- The writer as outsider -- Writing shadows -- Writing family -- Writing place -- The writer as witness -- Writing image -- Writing depth -- Writing mom -- Writing grief -- Writing travel.

As Rember notes in his introduction, "MFA in a Box is not a how to write book. It's a why to write book." By exploring the relationships between the writer and love, grief, place, family, race and violence, Rember helps writers dive deep into their own writing. He tells them how they can breathe down there and how they can get back. "A big part of writing involves grappling with the terrors and discouragements that come when you have writing skills but can"t project yourself or your work into the future," says Rember. "My hope is that MFA in a Box will help writers balance the despair of writing with the joy of writing." --Publisher.

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