How to Start Writing (And When to Stop) : : Advice for Authors
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The use and abuse of poetry for life / by Clare Cavanagh -- How to start writing -- Pseudo-afterword -- A conversation about the literary mailbox.
"In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike"-- Provided by publisher.
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New Directions book
PUBLISHED
New York : New Directions Publishing, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780811229715
0811229718
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Cavanagh, Clare,
SUBJECTS
Authorship.
Creative writing.
Feuilletons, Polish.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)