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A braided heart : essays on writing and form, Brenda Miller

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A Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today's emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore their own writing lives. $c --From publisher's description
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xii, 136 pages
Contents
  • Preface to writers on writing / Jay Parini
  • First words
  • Fan
  • Hand, writing
  • Durable goods
  • On thermostats
  • The case against metaphor : an apologia
  • A braided heart : shaping the lyric essay
  • "Brenda Miller has a cold," or : how a lyric essay happens
  • A case against courage in creative nonfiction
  • Writing inside the web : creative nonfiction in the age of connection
  • The fine art of containment in creative nonfiction
  • The shared space between reader and writer : a case study
  • In memoriam
  • On the power of your word
  • On friendship, assignments, detail, and trust
  • Cables, chains, and lariats : form as a process
  • The shape of emptiness
  • Epilogue. Collaboration in the time of Covid-19 / Brenda Miller and Julie Marie Wade
Isbn
9780472074921
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A braided heart : essays on writing and form
Title
A braided heart
Title remainder
essays on writing and form
Statement of responsibility
Brenda Miller
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
A Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today's emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore their own writing lives. $c --From publisher's description
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1959-
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Miller, Brenda
Dewey number
808.02
Index
no index present
LC call number
PN145
LC item number
.M4866 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Wade, Julie Marie
Series statement
Writers on writing
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  • Authorship
  • Creative writing
  • Creative nonfiction
  • Creative writing
Label
A braided heart : essays on writing and form, Brenda Miller
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136)
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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rdacontent
Contents
Preface to writers on writing / Jay Parini -- First words -- Fan -- Hand, writing -- Durable goods -- On thermostats -- The case against metaphor : an apologia -- A braided heart : shaping the lyric essay -- "Brenda Miller has a cold," or : how a lyric essay happens -- A case against courage in creative nonfiction -- Writing inside the web : creative nonfiction in the age of connection -- The fine art of containment in creative nonfiction -- The shared space between reader and writer : a case study -- In memoriam -- On the power of your word -- On friendship, assignments, detail, and trust -- Cables, chains, and lariats : form as a process -- The shape of emptiness -- Epilogue. Collaboration in the time of Covid-19 / Brenda Miller and Julie Marie Wade
Control code
1237634063
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xii, 136 pages
Isbn
9780472074921
Lccn
2021939586
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
(OCoLC)1237634063
Label
A braided heart : essays on writing and form, Brenda Miller
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Preface to writers on writing / Jay Parini -- First words -- Fan -- Hand, writing -- Durable goods -- On thermostats -- The case against metaphor : an apologia -- A braided heart : shaping the lyric essay -- "Brenda Miller has a cold," or : how a lyric essay happens -- A case against courage in creative nonfiction -- Writing inside the web : creative nonfiction in the age of connection -- The fine art of containment in creative nonfiction -- The shared space between reader and writer : a case study -- In memoriam -- On the power of your word -- On friendship, assignments, detail, and trust -- Cables, chains, and lariats : form as a process -- The shape of emptiness -- Epilogue. Collaboration in the time of Covid-19 / Brenda Miller and Julie Marie Wade
Control code
1237634063
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xii, 136 pages
Isbn
9780472074921
Lccn
2021939586
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
(OCoLC)1237634063

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