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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Tom Grimes; Frank Conroy; Frank Conroy; Tom Grimes |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom Grimes |
| ISBN: | 9780982504888 0982504888 9780982504895 0982504896 |
| OCLC Number: | 730296035 |
| Description: | 242 p. |
| Responsibility: | Tom Grimes. |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"From now on, anyone who dreams of becoming a novelist will need to read Tom Grime's brutally honest and wonderful "Mentor.""--Michael Dirda, "The Washington Post" <br>"Employing a constant tension of ambivalence--shame and tenderness, pride and humility--Grimes proves in this stunningly forthright, forlorn memoir that his great subject is Conroy himself."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review <br>"Grimes delivers an eloquent portrait of the writer's life. . . Without wasting a word, Grimes presents a thoroughly readable view of how stories and writers, at least of a certain kind, are made."--"Kirkus Reviews," starred review <br> "Grimes' staggering self-critique, keen tribute to Conroy as writer and mentor, and hard-won insights into the true demands of writing and the deep resonance of literature are arresting and cautionary, inspiring and affecting."<br>--"Booklist," starred review <br>"Refreshingly genuine and engaging. A-"--"Entertainment Weekly" <br>"With beautiful simplicity he describes the surreal, physical experience of writing a last sentence and knowing your book is done."--"The San Francisco Chronicle" <br>"Like all good memoirs, "Mentor" reveals more than its ostensible subject. The relationship between the two men offers a vivid illustration of the personal struggle at the core of a creative life."--"The Oregonian" <br>." . .couldn't put "Mentor" down."--"The New York Times" <br>"An eloquently confessional memoir."--The A. V. Club <br>"What's important about Mentor is that it takes the freighted terms of a place like Iowa and a man like Conroy and examines their character not with the grand stakes that make for a debate but the intimate ones that forge an artist."--"Time Out Chicago" <br>""Mentor" is inside baseball for rabid fans of the writing life."--"Texas Observer" <br>""Mentor" is the story of acceptance and, as with any writer's life, a tale of brutal rejection. And it is something I never expected from a writer' Read more...

