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Szymborska, Wisława, author.
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Creative writing.
Feuilletons, Polish.
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How to start writing...
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How to start writing (and when to stop) : advice for authors / Wisława Szymborska ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Clare Cavanagh.
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Szymborska, Wisława, author.
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2021.
Subjects
Authorship.
Creative writing.
Feuilletons, Polish.
ISBN:
9780811229715 (paperback) :
0811229718 (paperback)
Series:
New Directions paperbook ; 1514.
Description:
96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Contents:
The use and abuse of poetry for life / by Clare Cavanagh -- How to start writing -- Pseudo-afterword -- A conversation about the literary mailbox.
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"In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike"--
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