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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Joyce Carol Oates; Joyce Carol Oates; Joyce Carol Oates |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joyce Carol Oates |
| ISBN: | 0060565535 9780060565534 |
| OCLC Number: | 52429846 |
| Description: | xii, 158 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | My Faith as a Writer -- District School #7, Niagara County, New York -- First Loves: From "Jabberwocky" to "After Apple Picking" -- To a Young Writer -- Running and Writing -- "What Sin to me Unknown ..." -- Notes on Failure -- Inspiration! -- Reading as a Writer: The Artist as Craftsman -- The Enigmatic Art of Self-Criticism -- The Writer's Studio -- Blonde Ambition: An Interview with Joyce Carol Oates / Greg Johnson -- "JCO" and I (After Borges). |
| Responsibility: | Joyce Carol Oates. |
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Abstract:
Oates discusses the subjects most important to the narrative craft, touching on topics such as inspiration, memory, self-criticism, and "the unique power of the unconscious." On a more personal note, she speaks of childhood inspirations, offers advice to young writers, and discusses the wildly varying states of mind of a writer at work. Oates also pays homage to those she calls her "significant predecessors" and discusses the importance of reading in the life of a writer. Oates claims, "Inspiration and energy and even genius are rarely enough to make 'art': for prose fiction is also a craft, and craft must be learned, whether by accident or design." In fourteen succinct chapters, The Faith of a Writer provides valuable lessons on how language, ideas, and experience are assembled to create art. [from publisher description].
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