Mr. Potato Head vs. Freud: Lessons on the Craft of Writing Fiction - Softcover

McCown, Clint

Softcover

ISBN 10: 195041339X ISBN 13: 9781950413393

Publisher: Press 53, 2021

Synopsis

Clint McCown, the only two-time winner of the American Fiction Prize, delivers ten powerful essays on writing fiction, from getting started to dealing with writer's block. "As its title should suggest, it's impossible to read Clint McCown's Mr. Potato Head vs. Freud without laughing. McCown's wit makes this the rarest of books on the craft of fiction: one that is as entertaining as it is instructive." (David Jauss) "Plainspoken, heartfelt, hilarious and absolutely whip-smart, Mr. Potato Head vs. Freud is the book on writing we've needed for a long time." (Bret Lott)

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About the Author

Clint McCown is the only two-time recipient of the American Fiction Prize, he has also received the Midwest Book Award, the Sister Mariella Gable Prize, the Society of Midland Authors Award, the Germaine Breé Book Award, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers designation, and a Distinction in Literature citation from the Wisconsin Library Association. He has published four novels, six collections of poems, and one collection of stories, Music for Hard Times: New & Selected Stories. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in over seventy-five national journals and magazines. He has edited a number of literary magazines, including Indiana Review and the Beloit Fiction Journal, which he founded. He currently teaches in the MFA program at Virginia Commonwealth University and in the Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency MFA program. In 2021 he was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame at Wake Forest University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Press 53
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 195041339X
• ISBN 13: 9781950413393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164