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    Views from the Loft: A Portable Writer's Workshop

    By Daniel Slager

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    Teachers, exercises, mentors, critiques, humor, and inspiration: these form the fuel all writers need when they get down to work every day. For decades the Loft Literary Center has provided this fuel to an enormous community of writers. Views from the Loft brings together the collected wisdom of that community its authors, students, and editors giving anyone the tools and inspiration necessary to thrive in the writing life. A who’s who of writers on writing ranging from the National Book Awardwinning poet Mark Doty to Newbery medalwinning children’s author Kate DiCamillo, and touching on issues as delicate as the representation of family in memoir and as hilarious as a sad-epiphany poem” mad lib for frustrated poets, this book is an essential collection of crucial tips and challenging questions for everyone who puts pen to page. The essays and interviews in this book include superstar writers like Rick Bass, Michael Cunningham, Grace Paley, Susan Power, Susan Straight, Marilyn Hacker, and many, many more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMilkweed Editions
    Release dateJul 1, 2010
    ISBN9781571318138
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      I feel a bit embarrassed that I've only just finished this book, considering I have an essay in it! It's a hodgepodge anthology of writing advice, so not exactly helpful if you want a logical exploration of the literary life. But there's a lot of rich, fresh perspectives in here. Reading VIEWS is a good testimony to the similarities between genres. I learned just as much from the poets here as I did from the creative nonfiction and fiction writers.