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Author:

Vonnegut, Kurt, author.

Title:

Pity the reader : on writing with style / Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell.

Edition:

Seven Stories Press first edition.

Publisher:

Seven Stories Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Vonnegut, Kurt--Technique.
Vonnegut, Kurt--Anecdotes.
Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation.
Fiction--Authorship.

Other Authors:

McConnell, Suzanne, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-399).

Summary:

"Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything Vonnegut ever said or wrote having to do with the writing art and craft, altogether a healing, a nourishing expedition. McConnell has outfitted us for the journey, and in these 37 chapters covers the waterfront of how one American writer brought himself to the pinnacle of the writing art, and we can all benefit as a result. Kurt Vonnegut was one of the few grandmasters of American literature, whose novels continue to influence new generations about the ways in which our imaginations can help us to live. Few aspects of his contribution have not been plumbed--fourteen novels, collections of his speeches, his essays, his letters, his plays--so this fresh view of him, written by a former student, is a bonanza for writers and readers and Vonnegut fans everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1609809629
9781609809621

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1085630226

LCCN:

2019023380

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)