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02853aam a22006018i 4500 001 E22B1B90E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230503010033 008 221121s2023 cau 000 0deng 010 $a 2022041766 020 $a 1597146056 020 $a 9781597146050 035 $a (OCoLC)1338199347 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3569 M39 Z46 2023 100 1 $a Smiley, Jane, $e author. 245 14 $a The questions that matter most : $b reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / $c Jane Smiley. 264 1 $a Berkeley, California : $b Heyday, $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a My Absent Father -- Iceland Made Me -- Can Mothers Think? -- The Most Important Question -- Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Gives Desdemona Some Advice -- The One and Only -- I Am Your 'Prudent Amy' -- Why Go On? -- Say It Ain't So, Huck -- Thoughts on My AÌntonia -- Gregor: My Life as a Bug -- The Other Nancy Mitford -- Meet Jessica Mitford -- Laughing to the End -- Farewell, Alice Munro, and Thanks for Everything -- History vs. Historical Fiction -- Reflections on St. Louis -- Writing Is an Exercise in Freedom. 600 10 $a Smiley, Jane. 600 10 $a Smiley, Jane $x Books and reading. 650 0 $a Novelists, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Novelists, American $y 21st century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authorship. 650 0 $a Fiction $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Fiction $x Authorship. 941 $a 20 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517011306.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119020843.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20240116010604.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014426.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111014609.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021031934.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231005013435.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231005010841.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907011557.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902014101.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230829010121.0 952 $l WUPB305 $d 20230816011309.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20230812010428.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012732.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011624.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230706010618.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230701010117.0 952 $l VFPB334 $d 20230621012359.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230607010155.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230606011407.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E22B1B90E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search