Bibliograph

The world split open, great writers on how and why we write

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The world split open, great writers on how and why we write

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The world split open

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

894170657

Sub title

great writers on how and why we write

Summary

Since 1984, Literary Arts has welcomed many of the world's most renowned authors and storytellers to its stage for one of the country's largest lectures series. Sold-out crowds congregate at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to hear these writers' discuss their work and their thoughts on the trajectory of contemporary literature and culture. In celebration of Literary Arts' 30-year anniversary, A Literary Arts Readers collects highlights from the series in a single volume. Whether it's Wallace Stegner exploring how we use fiction to make sense of life or Ursula K. Le Guin on where ideas

Table Of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction by Jon Raymond; 305 Marguerite Cartwright Avenue; Spotty-Handed Villainesses: Problems of Female Bad Behavior in the Creation of Literature; No, But I Saw the Movie; Childhood of a Writer; Finding the Known World; "Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?"; On "Beauty"; Fiction to Make Sense of Life; Morality and Truth in Literature; What Is Art For?; Contributors; Copyright Notes; Acknowledgments

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