Comforts of the abyss, the art of persona writing, Philip Schultz
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Comforts of the abyss, the art of persona writing, Philip Schultz
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229)
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contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Comforts of the abyss
Oclc number
1272854465
Responsibility statement
Philip Schultz
Sub title
the art of persona writing
Summary
Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers aspiring writers imaginative distance and perspective needed to tell their stories. Through a candid and generous account of his own story, acclaimed poet Philip Schultz reveals how his early struggle to find inspiration in his negative inclinations led to the idea of persona writing, the philosophy on which he founded the Writers Studio in 1987
Table of contents
The mind's first freedom -- The Shitbird, names and unnamed -- I never wanted to be me, I don't think -- Pity and fear -- My two libraries -- The poet and the fiction writer; conduits of revelation -- Our most curious artifact -- Somebody loves us all -- Penurious arrogance -- A magic act -- Indian wrestling -- Which side are you on? -- Voices veiled and unveiled -- The Socratic method -- In the nature of a test -- The map of the world -- Gussie -- I came, I saw, I suffered -- In the manner of poetry -- A new city of words -- Anger and shame -- The argument and the lullaby -- What we want
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adult
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