A Picador Paperback Original How do great writers do it? From James M. Cain's hard-nosed observation that "writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational," to Joan Didion's account of how she composes a book—"I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets ...(展开全部)

A Picador Paperback Original How do great writers do it? From James M. Cain's hard-nosed observation that "writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational," to Joan Didion's account of how she composes a book—"I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets ...(展开全部)

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“In a letter to his parents, George Plimpton once described The Paris Review interview as ‘an essay in dialogue on technique.’ As you will see from this volume, technique is always the main topic—how a writer begins to write, to think of herself as a writer; what struggles she meets; if and how she overcomes them. But thanks to the unusual method invented by Plimpton and the ot...(展开全部)

“In a letter to his parents, George Plimpton once described The Paris Review interview as ‘an essay in dialogue on technique.’ As you will see from this volume, technique is always the main topic—how a writer begins to write, to think of herself as a writer; what struggles she meets; if and how she overcomes them. But thanks to the unusual method invented by Plimpton and the ot...(展开全部)

Introduced by editor Emily Nemens and illustrated by Joana Avillez, the twelve interviews in Women at Work Volume Two add to the stunning lineup in Women at Work Volume One; from Marianne Moore (1961) to Maxine Groffsky (2017)—by way of Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, May Sarton, Doris Lessing, Maya Angelou, Alice Munro, Jeanette Winterson, Wendy Wasserstein, Luisa Val...(展开全部)

Introduced by editor Emily Nemens and illustrated by Joana Avillez, the twelve interviews in Women at Work Volume Two add to the stunning lineup in Women at Work Volume One; from Marianne Moore (1961) to Maxine Groffsky (2017)—by way of Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, May Sarton, Doris Lessing, Maya Angelou, Alice Munro, Jeanette Winterson, Wendy Wasserstein, Luisa Val...(展开全部)

Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the ...(展开全部)

"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be...(展开全部)