Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice

From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that.
Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundarie [...]
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From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that.
Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear.
A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to a Young Writer is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them.
These fifty-two essays are ultimately a profound challenge to a new generation to bring truth and light to a dark world through their art.
Praise for the fiction of Colum McCann
Let the Great World Spin
Winner of the National Book Award
-One of the most electric, profound novels I have read in years.---Jonathan Mahler, The New York Times Book Review
-There's so much passion and humor and pure life force on every page that you'll find yourself giddy, dizzy, overwhelmed.---Dave Eggers
TransAtlantic
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
-Reminiscent of the finest work of Michael Ondaatje and Michael Cunningham.---O: The Oprah Magazine
-Another sweeping, beautifully constructed tapestry of life . . . Reading McCann is a rare joy.---The Seattle Times
Thirteen Ways of Looking
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
-The irreducible mystery of human experience ties this small collection together, and in each of these stories McCann explores that theme in strikingly effective ways.---The Washington Post
-Extraordinary . . . incandescent.---Chicago Tribune