The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / Jane Smiley.
"Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781597146050
- ISBN: 1597146056
- Physical Description: 243 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- My Absent Father -- Iceland Made Me -- Can Mothers Think? -- Most Important Question -- Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Gives Desdemona Some Advice -- One and Only -- I Am Your 'Prudent Amy' -- Why Go On? -- Say It Ain't So, Huck -- Thoughts on My Ántonia -- Gregor: My Life as a Bug -- Other Nancy Mitford -- Meet Jessica Mitford -- Laughing to the End -- Farewell, Alice Munro, and Thanks for Everything -- History vs. Historical Fiction -- Reflections on St. Louis -- Writing Is an Exercise in Freedom.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 814.54 SMI (Text) | 36015001883376 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | 814.54 SMI (Text) | 36015001883384 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
