Master Class: Lessons from Leading Writers
Master Class: Lessons from Leading Writers gathers more than two decades of wisdom from twenty-nine accomplished authors. It offers previously unpublished interviews along with freshly edited versions of ten interviews from Nancy Bunge's well-received previous collection, Finding the Words. The first section, Theory, incorporates interviews which document the golden age of writing programs in which authors with a strong sense of social and cultural responsibility taught as seriously as they...
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Master Class: Lessons from Leading Writers gathers more than two decades of wisdom from twenty-nine accomplished authors. It offers previously unpublished interviews along with freshly edited versions of ten interviews from Nancy Bunge's well-received previous collection, Finding the Words. The first section, Theory, incorporates interviews which document the golden age of writing programs in which authors with a strong sense of social and cultural responsibility taught as seriously as they wrote. These conversations delve into the writers' philosophies and teaching methods. The second section, Practice, presents interviews with authors who discuss how they've approached the writing of particular works. Altogether the interviews introduce authors as inspirational models and provide insightful techniques for other writers to try. One piece of advice recurs with striking consistency: to produce fresh, interesting work, aspiring writers must develop a passionate self-trust. This rule has an essential corollary: improving as a writer means constantly stretching oneself with new information and skills. Sure to interest writing and literature teachers as well as writers at every stage of development, Master Class is highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate writing courses
Sandra Gilbert : something my life can teach other people3Allen Ginsberg : you see beauty and you want to share it13Donald Hall : we should try to be as good as Shakespeare22Etheridge Knight : a poet comes out of the people29Clarence Major : each act of writing becomes a whole new experience34James Alan McPherson : there's nothing like the literary imagination43N. Scott Momaday : I grew up in a very rich and exotic world47Kit Reed : you need to write to be a writer53Alix Kates Shulman : I place a lot of faith in that private searchlight58William Stafford : you've got to make the decisions yourself, if you're an artist64Wallace Stegner : if you're only a copy of a person, you aren't going to write very well74Ruth Stone : we are creative creatures82Diane Wakoski : good writing isn't about easy things88Anne Waldman : have poetry be a practice95Richard Wilbur : I don't know whether you can do justice to yourself without doing justice to the world102Richard Yates : the hardest and loneliest profession109Helen Yglesias : a writer works to give the reader a true experience112Marvin Bell : I want it to be true121Ivan Doig : getting it as right as it can be got131Jim Harrison : people with curiosity are always right out there143Margot Livesey : with each book, I'm learning how to write that book153Bobbie Ann Mason : it's this impulse toward order, the pleasure of discovering design162Larry McMurtry : I get curious about a group of characters and I start investigating them170Sue Miller : I inhabit each character178Kyoko Mori : those moments of clarity are little gems188Thylias Moss : I think that one should exist trying to be aware of as much as possible198W. S. Penn : I just think I'm really lucky208Scott Turow : nothing is more moving to me than what happens in the average life218Katherine Vaz : acquiescence to the unknown allows writers to stay vital228
