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Synopsis
An anthology of works by such noted fiction writers as Pat Conroy, Rick Moody, Joy Williams, Norman Mailer, Terry McMillan, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace explores the passion fiction writers have for their often maligned vocation. 20,000 first printing.
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These brief essays often amount to writers stripping themselves shivering naked, and answering, with truth and emotion, that very personal very private question.' - Baltimore Sun
'Shrewd and poignant revelations about the process and the pain.' - L.A. Times
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A unique anthology of essays by leading authors on the deeply personal subject of what motivates them to write.
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