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First We Read, Then We Write - Emerson on the Creative Process (Paperback)
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First We Read, Then We Write - Emerson on the Creative Process (Paperback)
Series: Muse Books: The Iowa Series in Creativity and Writing
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Writing was the central passion of Emerson's life. While his
thoughts on the craft are well developed in "The Poet," "The
American Scholar," Nature, "Goethe," and "Persian Poetry," less
well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to
the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first
time, is the Concord Sage's energetic, exuberant, and
unconventional advice on the idea of writing, focused and distilled
by the preeminent Emerson biographer at work today. Emerson advised
that "the way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your
arrows are spent." First We Read, Then We Write contains numerous
such surprises-from "every word we speak is million-faced" to
"talent alone cannot make a writer"-but it is no mere collection of
aphorisms and exhortations. Instead, in Robert Richardson's hands,
the biographical and historical context in which Emerson worked
becomes clear. Emerson's advice grew from his personal experience;
in practically every moment of his adult life he was either
preparing to write, trying to write, or writing. Richardson shows
us an Emerson who is no granite bust but instead is a fully
fleshed, creative person disarmingly willing to confront his own
failures. Emerson urges his readers to try anything-strategies,
tricks, makeshifts-speaking not only of the nuts and bolts of
writing but also of the grain and sinew of his determination.
Whether a writer by trade or a novice, every reader will find
something to treasure in this volume. Fearlessly wrestling with
"the birthing stage of art," Emerson's counsel on being a reader
and writer will be read and reread for years to come.
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