To show and to tell : the craft of literary nonfiction / Phillip Lopate.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2013.Edition: 1st Free Press trade paperback edDescription: xi, 225 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 1451696329 (trade paper)
- 1451696337 (ebook)
- 9781451696325 (trade paper)
- 9781451696332 (ebook)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 808.02 L864 | Available | 33111007117308 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A long-awaited and illuminating book on personal writing from Phillip Lopate--celebrated essayist, professor of writing at Columbia University, and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay .
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.