Description: Writer's Library : The Authors You Love on ths That Changed Their Lives, Paperback by Pearl, Nancy; Schwager, Jeff, ISBN 0062968491, ISBN-13 9780062968494, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of todays living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal ths that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful collection from "Americans Librarian" and recipient of the National Book Foundations Literarian Award for Outstanding Service Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all.
Before Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Jonathan Lethem became revered authors, they were readers. In this ebullient book, America’s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager interview a diverse range of Americas most notable and influential writers about ths that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark.
Illustrated with beautiful line drawings, The Writer’s Library is a revelatory exploration of the studies, libraries, and bookstores of today’s favorite authors—the creative artists whose imagination and sublime talent make Americas literary scene the wonderful, dynamic world it is. A love letter to books and a celebration of wordsmiths, The Writer’s Library is a treasure for anyone who has been moved by the written word.
The authors in The Writer’s Library are:
- Russell Banks
- TC Boyle
- Michael Chabon
- Susan Choi
- Jennifer Egan
- Dave Eggers
- Louise Erdrich
- Richard Ford
- Laurie Frankel
- Andrew Sean Greer
- Jane Hirshfield
- Siri Hustvedt
- Charles Johnson
- Laila Lalami
- Jonathan Lethem
- Donna Tartt
- Madeline Miller
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Luis Alberto Urrea
- Vendela Vida
- Ayelet Waldman
- Maaza Mengiste
- Amor Towles
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Book Title: Writer's Library : the Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: Comparative Literature, American / General, Books & Reading, Essays
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.1 in
Author: Jeff Schwager
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
