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Except When I Write

Author : Arthur Krystal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199782628
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Except When I Write written by Arthur Krystal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When cultural critics with such wildly divergent views as Jacques Barzun, Christopher Hitchens, Joseph Epstein, Dana Gioia, and Morris Dickstein all agree about the merits of one contemporary essayist, shouldn't you find out why? "I never think except when I sit down to write." -- Attributed to Montaigne by Edgar Allan Poe From Montaigne in the sixteenth century to Orwell, Eliot, and Trilling in the twentieth, the best literary essayists combine a gift for observation with an abiding commitment to books. Although it may seem that books are becoming less essential and that a revolution in sensibility is taking place, the essays of Arthur Krystal suggest otherwise. Companionable without being chummy, engaged without being didactic, erudite without being stuffy, he demonstrates that literature, even in the digital age, remains the truest expression of the human condition. Covering subjects as diverse as aphorisms, dueling, the night, and the 1960s, the essays gathered here offer the common reader uncommon pleasure. In prose that is both vibrant and elegant, Krystal negotiates among myriad subjects-from historical writing as exemplified by Jacques Barzun to the art of screenwriting as not so happily represented by F. Scott Fitzgerald. His cardinal rule as a writer? William Hazlitt's "Confound it, man, don't be insipid." No fear of that. Except When I Write is thoughtful in the most joyful sense-brimming with ideas in order to give us the flow and cadence of someone actually thinking. Keenly observant and death on pretension, Krystal examines the world of books without ever losing sight of the world beyond them. Literature may be the bedrock on which these essays rest, but as F. R. Leavis aptly noted, "One cannot seriously be interested in literature and remain purely literary in interests." Except When I Write is a reminder of both the pleasure and the power of a well-tuned essay.

Except When I Write

Author : Arthur Krystal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199782407
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Except When I Write written by Arthur Krystal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stylish, engrossing collection of essays from a master of the form that covers topics as diverse as dueling, Scott Fitzgerald, aphorisms, and the 1960s.

Why I Write

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913724263
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Why I Write written by George Orwell and published by Renard Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

Author : Brian Boone
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110151731X
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) written by Brian Boone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music breeds duality. We enjoy the music we love-listening to it, talking about it, reading about it. But it's just as fun to passionately revel in mocking the music we hate. Fortunately, musicians make this two-lane path very easy to follow. Half the time they're creating timeless works of art that speak to the soul; the other half, they're recording ridiculous concept albums about robots. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) covers both sides: It celebrates the music world's flashes of genius, the creation of masterpieces, and the little-known stories...as well as the entertainingly bad ideas. Armed with a healthy dose of Brian Boone's humorous asides and lively commentary, you'll learn extremely important stuff like: ? How bands got their stupid names ? All alternative rock bands directly descend from Pixies ? The most metal facts of metal in the history of metal ? The secret lives of one-hit wonders ? The story behind "Layla," and other assorted love songs about George Harrison's wife ? What is quite possibly the worst song in rock history Boone also reveals terribly useful information like chart trivia, the rules of music, lists, and many more origins, meanings, and stories about everyone's most loved and loathed musicians.

I Hate Everyone, Except You

Author : Clinton Kelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476776954
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book I Hate Everyone, Except You written by Clinton Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author, beloved television host, and “arbiter of style and good taste in all areas” (People) comes a hilariously candid, deliciously snarky collection of essays about his journey from awkward kid to slightly-less-awkward adult. Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate Everyone, Except You, he reveals some heretofore-unknown secrets about himself, like that he’s a finicky connoisseur of 1980s pornography, a disillusioned critic of New Jersey’s premier water parks, and perhaps the world’s least enthused high-school commencement speaker. Whether he’s throwing his baby sister in the air to jumpstart her cheerleading career or heroically rescuing his best friend from death by mud bath, Clinton leaps life’s social hurdles with aplomb. With his signature wit and relatable voice, he shares his unique ability to navigate the stickiest of situations, like find true love in a crowded gay bar or deciding whether it’s acceptable to eat chicken wings with a fork on live television (spoiler: it’s not). Clinton delves into all these outrageous topics—and many more—in this thoroughly unabashedly frank and uproarious collection.

Except If

Author : Jim Averbeck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416995447
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Except If written by Jim Averbeck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An egg is just an egg, except if, after hatching it becomes something else.

If You Can Talk, You Can Write

Author : Joel Saltzman
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1931657114
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book If You Can Talk, You Can Write written by Joel Saltzman and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we talk, we tell stories and present ideas—rarely with much anxiety. But think about writing something and panic sets in. Overcome this crippling response by learning how to “talk” on paper. Joel Saltzman tells it like it is—with compassion, humor, and the “uncommon wisdom” of famous writers, artists, and musicians. Based on his popular workshop for the UCLA Writers’ Program, this is a program with proven results. You’ll discover how to: >Conquer the killer P’s—Perfectionism, Paralysis, and Procrastination. >Silence your inner critic. (“Shut up, already. I’m trying to write!”) >Stop worrying about the “rules” of grammar. >Get inspired when you don’t feel inspired. >Write with conviction, not apology! This best selling book gives you the daring and freedom to “talk” on paper without worrying whether it’s good or bad or what it’s going to “be”—the kind of writing that’s creative, energetic and, most of all, truly your own.

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published

Author : Arielle Eckstut
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 076116085X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published written by Arielle Eckstut and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated for 2015! The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more—making The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years’ experience as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing process: how to come up with a blockbuster title, create a selling proposal, find the right agent, understand a book contract, and develop marketing and publicity savvy. Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders and authors, including Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Leonard Lopate, plus agents, editors, and booksellers; sidebars featuring real-life publishing success stories; sample proposals, query letters, and an entirely updated resources and publishers directory.

Reading Like a Writer

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher : Union Books
ISBN 13 : 1908526149
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Reading Like a Writer written by Francine Prose and published by Union Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’ Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë ’ s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’ s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.

I Before E (Except After C)

Author : Judy Parkinson
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1843174316
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book I Before E (Except After C) written by Judy Parkinson and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Before E is the definitive guide to help you to un-jumble your mind and improve your ability to recall names, dates, facts, figures and events, and contains all the mnemonics you'll ever need to know.

If He Had Been with Me

Author : Laura Nowlin
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402277849
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book If He Had Been with Me written by Laura Nowlin and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...

Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me...And I'm Not So Sure About You

Author : Lionel
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 140139535X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me...And I'm Not So Sure About You written by Lionel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone's Crazy Here... In his twenty years on the radio, the mononymous Lionel ("one name, like God," as he is fond of saying) has forged his reputation as an irreverent, ribald, take-no-prisoners analyst of culture, politics, and the world at large. Now America's favorite contrarian takes to the page with this hilarious user's guide to our country and culture. In Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me ... And I'm Not So Sure About You, Lionel offers a collection of hilarious and insightful observations on life, liberty, and the pursuit of alien life forms. From the sublime (Why do so many of us believe in God?) to the ridiculous (Why did he run over his sister's hair with the vacuum cleaner?), Lionel takes his readers on a riotous ride through his world, and ours. A former prosecutor, Lionel examines our greatest national oxymoron--criminal justice. He hates hate crimes, and argues against drug criminalization and the Son of Sam laws. He's also an indefatigable defender of the First Amendment who nevertheless believes that men shouldn't drink mojitos or wear socks with sandals. And lest you think he just picks on the Right, rest assured that Lionel has plenty to say about Lefties, Centrists, and even barristas. No subject is off limits here. No group is immune--not conservatives, not women, and especially not American Homo sapiens. Consider these imponderables: Why today's acrobatic professional wrestler is inferior to the beer-bellied hulk of the sixties Why Hazmat suits are worn more than once, but not wedding gowns Why women can't tell jokes Why you should never drink anything you can't spell An infectious, irresistible, and possibly persuasive book that is bound to entertain and inform, Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me ... And I'm Not So Sure About You is the perfect read for anyone who questions the state of our national mental health. Void where prohibited by law.

The Illinois Medical Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1340 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illinois Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Henry Miller on Writing

Author : Henry Miller
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811201124
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Henry Miller on Writing written by Henry Miller and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1964 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.

The Spell-to-write Spelling Books

Author : Ambrose Leo Suhrie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spell-to-write Spelling Books written by Ambrose Leo Suhrie and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Neudrucke frühneuenglischer Grammatiken

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Neudrucke frühneuenglischer Grammatiken written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing Effective Use Cases

Author : Alistair Cockburn
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0201702258
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Writing Effective Use Cases written by Alistair Cockburn and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2001 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will help readers learn how to employ the significant power of use cases to their software development efforts. It provides a practical methodology, presenting key use case concepts.