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An anthology of timeless wisdom and wit on the work and world of writing features the contributions of such notable authors as Euripides, Mark Twain, Cynthia Ozick, P. J. O'Rourke, Annie Dillard, Virginia Woolfe, and many others. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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In <b>Advice to Writers</b>, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling <b>The Portable Curmudgeon</b>, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, <b>Advice to Writers</b> is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
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