30 writers on the people who changed their lives Benedict, Elizabeth. text biography nyu Albany State University of New York Press/Excelsior Editions c2012 2012 Pbk. ed. monographic eng

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xiv, 279 p. ; 23 cm. Part I: people we encountered -- "Why not say what happened?": remembering Miss Hardwick / Elizabeth Benedict -- Imagining influence / Robert Boyers -- Fathers / Jay Cantor -- Mentors in general, Peter Taylor in particular / John Casey -- Life in books / Maud Casey -- Annie Dillard and the writing life / Alexander Chee -- Snow globe / Jonathan Safran Foer -- When Julie met Deb / Julia Glass -- Tiger and the pelican: mentors Elizabeth Hardwick and Janice Thaddeus / Mary Gordon -- Moment / Arnon Grunberg -- Only plump the pillows / Margot Livesey -- Sontag's rules / Sigrid Nunez -- In the absence of mentors/monsters: notes on writerly influences / Joyce Carol Oates -- Scholars and the pornographer / Carolyn See -- "But what I really love about this is this amazing game that you've invented": an appreciation of John Hawkes / Jim Shepard -- Munro country / Cheryl Strayed -- Mother country / Evelyn Toynton -- Seducer / Lily Tuck -- Harold Brodkey / Edmund White. Part II: books we read -- Company / Michael Cunningham -- Five million head of cattle / Samantha Hunt -- On fat city / Denis Johnson -- Mad hope and mavericks / ZZ Packer -- Getting it. Deeply immersed. In awe. Learning. Reading Ms. McDermott. Appreciating beginnings. Still appreciating beginnings. Nailing it. / Anita Shreve -- Paper mentors / Martha Southgate -- Part III: times of our lives -- Coming of age at bread loaf / Christopher Castellani -- Please don't write / Neil Gordon -- Storying / Dinaw Mengestu -- Growing pains / Caryl Phillips -- Iowa City, 1974 / Jane Smiley. edited by Elizabeth Benedict. Originally published: New York : Free Press, 2009. Includes bibliographical references. Authors, American 20th century Biography Authors, American 21st century Biography Autobiographies Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Mentoring of authors Authors, American Books and reading Autores estadounidenses Siglo XX Autores estadounidenses Siglo XXI Literatura norteamericana Historia y crítica Siglo XX PS 129 M549 2012 810.9/0054 9781438443508 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1438443501 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2011042411 DLC 111031 20230410132625.0 126999