Lit from within : Contemporary Masters on the Art and Craft of Writing

Haworth, Kevin (EDT)/ Moore, Dinty W. (EDT)

Ohio University Press（2011/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780821419489
• DDC分類 808

Full Description

Lit from Within offers creative writers a window into the minds of some of America's most celebrated contemporary authors. Witty, direct, and thought-provoking, these essays offer something to creative writers of all backgrounds and experience. With contributions from fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers, this is a collection of unusual breadth and quality.
Contributors: Lee K. Abbott, Rick Bass, Claire Bateman, Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Billy Collins, Peter Ho Davies, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Robin Hemley, Tony Hoagland, David Kirby, Maggie Nelson, Francine Prose, Mary Ruefle

Contents

Table of Contents * Acknowledgments * Introduction * RON CARLSON The Wrong Answer * ROBIN HEMLEY Confessions of a Navel Gazer * FRANCINE PROSE Gesture * BILLY COLLINS The Myth of Craft Thoughts on the Writing of Poetry * PETER HO DAVIES Only Collect Something about the Short Story Collection * CHARLES BAXTER Stillness * DAVID KIRBY Thirteen Things I Hate about Poetry * CLAIRE BATEMAN Some Questions about Questions * STEPHEN DUNN The Poem, Its Buried Subject, and the Revisionist Reader Behind "The Guardian Angel" * LEE K. ABBOTT Thirteen Things about the Contemporary Short Story That Really Hack Me Off * TONY HOAGLAND Litany, Gamesmanship, and Representation Charting the Old to the New Poetry * MAGGIE NELSON All That Is the Case Some Thoughts on Fact in Nonfiction and Documentary Poetry * CARL DENNIS A Poem of Character * RICK BASS Good Fortune Befell Me Notes on the Writer/Editor Relationship * MARY RUEFLE Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World * Credits