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These 52 Essays tell the story of one woman's experiences of loss and of survival, while also each carrying a lesson for every writer. Staging a house for sale illustrates how to create telling details on the page. Ending a marriage explains how to know when a work is complete. Unique in its perspective, this book is for writers who want to learn about craft in a entirely new way--but more than that, it is for any reader looking for new insight into how literature and life interact, how art grows from experience, and how storytelling is a part of all we do, daily, writers or not.
A picture of Robin Black I took at the Point Street Readong Series in Providence, Rhode Island. I love her essays on writing. They are aboit craft but they are also deeply personal.