Only as good as your word : writing lessons from my favorite literary gurus / Susan Shapiro.

By:

Shapiro, Susan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Emeryville, CA : Seal Press, c2007.Description: 405 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781580052207
1580052207

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DDC classification:

808.02

LOC classification:

PN 165 S529o 2007

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Contents:

Introduction -- My first muse / Jack Zucker -- All in the family / Howard Fast -- Institution within an institution / Helen Stark -- A quiet brother / Ian Frazier -- The rescuer / Ruth Gruber -- Asinine / Michael Anderson -- Not related / Harvey Shapiro -- How to have a protégé -- How to get great gurus of your own.

Summary: Both wise and witty, Only As Good As Your Word is a memoir of writing and friendship. Sue Shapiro imparts important lessons about what to do (and what not to do) while on the road to becoming a writer. Only As Good As Your Word is also a thoughtful tribute to her many writing mentors, as well as revealing the experience of being a mentor, the writing process itself and what makes a good writer. An acclaimed author, Media Bistro regular, and NYU and the New School teacher, Sue Shapiro is one of the most self-revealing contemporary writers. She's also one of the most wickedly funny, compulsively readable, authentic, warm, and thankfully, most self-aware, her style is no-holds-barred honest, edgy, and bracingly refreshing.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 165 S529o 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000119132

Introduction --
My first muse / Jack Zucker --
All in the family / Howard Fast --
Institution within an institution / Helen Stark --
A quiet brother / Ian Frazier --
The rescuer / Ruth Gruber --
Asinine / Michael Anderson --
Not related / Harvey Shapiro --
How to have a protégé --
How to get great gurus of your own.

Both wise and witty, Only As Good As Your Word is a memoir of writing and friendship. Sue Shapiro imparts important lessons about what to do (and what not to do) while on the road to becoming a writer. Only As Good As Your Word is also a thoughtful tribute to her many writing mentors, as well as revealing the experience of being a mentor, the writing process itself and what makes a good writer. An acclaimed author, Media Bistro regular, and NYU and the New School teacher, Sue Shapiro is one of the most self-revealing contemporary writers. She's also one of the most wickedly funny, compulsively readable, authentic, warm, and thankfully, most self-aware, her style is no-holds-barred honest, edgy, and bracingly refreshing.

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