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The Writer on Her Work, Volume I
by
Janet Sternburg (Goodreads Author)
Published to high praise--"groundbreaking . . . a landmark" (Poets and Writers)--this was the first anthology to celebrate the diversity of women who write. Seventeen novelists, poets, and writers of nonfiction explore how they have become writers, why they write, and what it means to be a woman and a writer.
Paperback, 286 pages
Published
May 1st 1992
by W W Norton & Co Inc
(first published 1980)
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May 23, 2010
Bettina
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writers and Anne Tyler fans
Wonderful essays by women writers (suitable for co-ed reading, of course). My favorite essay, "Still Just Writing," is by one of my favorite authors, Anne Tyler, who aptly describes the challenges of fitting in writing time while raising kids. Tyler was picking up one of her daughters from school one day when someone asked her if she'd gotten a job yet or if she was "still just writing." Amusingly, she describes her characters as extra kids. One gaunt, elderly male character (unnamed, but a typi...more
Joan Didion's essay was brilliant (but it wasn't written for this book, just borrowed for it). I enjoyed Anne Tyler's and Gail Godwin's and a few others, but actively did not enjoy quite a number of these pieces for their self-consciousness and preciousness.
Apr 20, 2008
Sassy
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This is an excellent book of essays by women writers. Although ostensibly an answer to the question "Why do you write?" many of the essays feel more like memoir, with a few humorous ones thrown in.
A motivating selection of essays written by prominent authors including Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, Erica Jong, Gail Godwin, and Nancy Milford. They discuss what, how and why they write.
A couple of the essays were good (Anne Tyler, Joan Didion) but others were rather tedious. Writing's work and modern life not designed for it. Check.
Oct 02, 2012
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Given this book when I graduated from High School by an important teacher. I still cherish it...
A good collection of information on women writers. The diaries were the best sections.
"The Writer on Her Work, Volume I by Anne Tyler (1992)"
Are you a writer? Are you a woman? Get a copy!
Mar 14, 2013
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Janet Sternburg is a writer of memoir, essays, poetry and plays, as well as a fine-art photographer. Her books include Phantom Limb, the classic two volumes of The Writer on Her Work described as “groundbreaking…a landmark,” and Optic Nerve: Photopoems.
Her work in theatre and film has included Director of Writers in Performance at the Manhattan Theatre Club (1971-80) and director of the award-winn...more
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Her work in theatre and film has included Director of Writers in Performance at the Manhattan Theatre Club (1971-80) and director of the award-winn...more
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