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Author:

Smiley, Jane, author.

Title:

The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / Jane Smiley.

Publisher:

Heyday,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Smiley, Jane.
Smiley, Jane--Books and reading.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Novelists, American--21st century--Biography.
Authorship.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Fiction--Authorship.

Contents:

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 Ántonia -- 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.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1597146056
9781597146050

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1338199347

LCCN:

2022041766

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

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

WUPB305 -- Arnolds Park Public Library (Arnolds Park)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)