essays and fiction on the craft of writing King, Stephen 1947- creator Straub, Peter text nyu New York Book-of-the Month Club 2000 monographic eng

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433 p. ; 22 cm This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"--Or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom. Dave's Rag : "Jumper," "Rush call" -- "The horror market writer and the ten bears : a true story" -- Foreword to Night shift -- "On becoming a brand name" -- "Horror fiction" from Danse macabre -- "An evening at the Billerica [Massachusetts] Library" -- "The ballad of the flexible bullet" -- "How it happened" -- "Banned books and other concerns : The Virginia Beach lecture" -- "Turning the thumbscrews on the reader" -- "'Ever et raw meat?' and other weird questions" -- A new introduction to John Fowles's The collector -- "What Stephen King does for love" -- "Two past midnight : a note on 'Secret window, secret garden'" -- Introduction to Jack Ketchum's The girl next door -- "Great hookers I have known" -- "A night at the Royal Festival Hall" : Muriel Gray interviews Stephen King -- "An evening with Stephen King" -- "In the deathroom." Stephen King; Peter Straub; "Jacket painting ... by Tony Vivers"--Dust jacket. King, Stephen, 1947- King, Stephen, 1947- Authorship Authors, American 20th century Biography King, Stephen 1947- Crítica e interpretación Novela estadounidense Historia y crítica PS 3561 K54s 2000 813.09 9780965006439 171003 20230410132647.0 127049