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The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom

Smiley, Jane (author.).

Summary: "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"--

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  • ISBN: 9781597146050
  • ISBN: 1597146056
  • Physical Description: print
    243 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Berkeley, California : Heyday, [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.
Subject:
Smiley, Jane
Smiley, Jane Books and reading
Novelists, American 20th century Biography
Novelists, American 21st century Biography
Authorship
Fiction History and criticism
Fiction Authorship
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Literary criticism.
Essays.
Short stories.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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