To Show and to Tell
The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
Published on 12. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4516-9632-5 (ISBN)
Description
A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Lopate--the celebrated essayist and the director of Columbia University's nonfiction program. He provides the nuts and bolts, offering a refreshing new master class on the craft of the personal narrative, including the personal essay and memoir.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
197 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4516-9632-5 (9781451696325)
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E-Book
02/2013
1st Edition
Free Press
€13.84
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Person
Phillip Lopate is the author of more than a dozen books, including three personal essay collections, Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body, and Waterfront. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a winner of fellowships from the New York Public Library, National Endowment for the Arts, and Guggenheim, he is a professor of graduate nonfiction writing at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with his wife.