Peter Turchi Editors (5 results)

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 479 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Corners bumped. Lower page edges have moisture mark that does not impact text. Good Reading Copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some underlining on a few pages, other wise fine.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 2003 Third printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In BRINGING THE DEVIL TO HIS KNEES: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life, nineteen award-winning writers--all expert teachers--share the secrets of creating compelling stories and novels. A combination handbook, writer's companion, and collection of spirited personal essays, the book is filled with specific examples, hard-won wisdom, and compassionate guidance for both the developing and the experienced fiction writer. [] Each of the contributors is a current or former lecturer at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, one of the most highly respected writing programs in the country. Included are essays by Charles Baxter, Robert Boswell, Karen Brennan, Judith Grossman, Ehud Havazelet, C. J. Hribal, Margot Livesey, Michael Martone, Kevin McIlvoy, Pablo Medina, Antonya Nelson, Susan Neville, Richard Russo, Steven Schwartz, Jim Shepard, Joan Silber, Debra Spark, Peter Turchi, and Chuck Wachtel." [publisher copy] "I've been greatly instructed by these brilliant essays, many of which I first heard as lectures by my fellow faculty members in the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. Now, happily, writers everywhere can profit from these essential and inspiring words."--Andrea Barrett. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable.…

Condition: FINE. First printing. A book in which "seventeen award-winning writers. . . share the secrets of creating compelling, imaginative stories and novels. A combination handbook, writer's companion, and collection of spirited personal essays . . by Charles Baxter, Robert Boswell, Karen Brennan, Judith Grossman, Ehud Havazelet, C. J. Hribal, Margot Livesey, Michael Martone, Kevin McIlvoy, Pablo Medina, Antonya Nelson, Susan Neville, Richard Russo, Steven Schwartz, Jim Shepard, Joan Silber, Debra Spark, Peter Turchi, and Chuck Wachtel." Introduction by Baxter and Turchi. SIGNED by TWO authors: on the title page by Charles Baxter and by Jim Shepard at his essay. Notes on contributors. 258 pp. Fine (as new) in dark blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine, no dust jacket as issued.…