My Trade Is Mystery - Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing

An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture “Illuminating, deeply endearing essays.�—Ron Charles, Washington Post   “A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers.�—Diego Báez, Booklist   In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an “apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered.� Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community.   In the tradition of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips’s book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2023
Authors:	Carl Phillips
Dimensions:	203 x 140mm (L x W)
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-27414-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-300-27414-9
Barcode:	9780300274141

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