Synopsis
A three-part writing exercise based on the philosophy of "inspired restriction" counsels writers on initiating a poetry chain, provides unused story premises, and discusses current experiments with linguistic constraint, in a volume that draws on the expertise of top poets and authors. Original.
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A cult forum for innovative and audacious writing (Guardian)
Eclectic, eccentric, humorous. McSweeney's and Eggers have helped to make reading and writing fun again (The Times)
About the Author
Dave Eggers is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity, How We Are Hungry, Teachers Have It Easy, What Is the What, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, The Wild Things, Zeitoun, A Hologram for the King, The Circle, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?, Heroes of the Frontier and The Monk of Mokha. A Hologram for the King and The Circle have both been adapted into major feature films.
Dave Eggers is the founder of McSweeney's independent publishing house, the 826 National network, and the nonprofit organisation ScholarMatch. He lives in Northern California with his family.
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