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092 _aSMILEY, J.
_bS641
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aSmiley, Jane,
_eauthor.
_97186
245 1 4 _aThe questions that matter most :
_breading, writing, and the exercise of freedom /
_cJane Smiley.
263 _a2306
264 1 _aBerkeley, California :
_bHeyday,
_c[2023]
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a243 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _aMy Absent Father -- Iceland Made Me -- Can Mothers Think? -- The Most Important Question -- Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Gives Desdemona Some Advice -- The One and Only -- I Am Your 'Prudent Amy' -- Why Go On? -- Say It Ain't So, Huck -- Thoughts on My Ántonia -- Gregor: My Life as a Bug -- The Other Nancy Mitford -- Meet Jessica Mitford -- Laughing to the End -- Farewell, Alice Munro, and Thanks for Everything -- History vs. Historical Fiction -- Reflections on St. Louis -- Writing Is an Exercise in Freedom.
600 1 0 _aSmiley, Jane.
_97186
600 1 0 _aSmiley, Jane
_xBooks and reading.
_984263
650 0 _aNovelists, American
_y20th century
_vBiography.
_918626
650 0 _aNovelists, American
_y21st century
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650 0 _aFiction
_xHistory and criticism.
_984264
650 0 _aFiction
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_928105
655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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_9728
655 7 _aLiterary criticism.
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655 7 _aEssays.
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_95184
655 7 _aShort stories.
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