A Manner of Being Writers on Their Mentors【電子書籍】

＜p＞What do the punk singer Henry Rollins, the Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, the American authors Tobias Wolff, Tayari Jones, and George Saunders, the Canadian writer Sheila Heti, and the Russian poet Polina Barskova have in common? At some point they all studied the art of writing deeply with someone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The nearly seventy short essays in ＜em＞A Manner of Being＜/em＞, by some of the best contemporary writers from around the world, pay homage to mentorsーthe writers, teachers, nannies, and sagesーwho enlighten, push, encourage, and sometimes hurt, fail, and limit their prot?g?s. There are mentors encountered in the schoolhouse and on farms, in NYC and in MFA programs; mentors who show up exactly when needed, offering comfort, a steadying hand, a commiseration, a dose of tough love. This collection is rich with anecdotes from the heartfelt to the salacious, gems of writing advice, and guidance for how to live the writing life in a world that all too often doesn't care whether you w．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る