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Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
By McCann, Colum
- ISBN
- 9780399590801 9780399590818
- Publisher
- Random
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Starred Review on March 15, 2017 | Social Sciences
National Book Award winner and creative writing lecturer McCann (Let the Great World Spin), inspired by 20 years of writing and teaching, riffs on Rainer Maria Rilke's iconic Letters to a Young Poet (1929) like a cultural shaman blotting wounds without causing harm. Books on the writer's craft traditionally cover practicalities—manuscript formatting, time management, obtaining agency representation, etc.—and this muscular collection o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
