Why Writing Matters

Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for our time

In this new contribution to Yale University Press's Why X Matters series, a distinguished writer and scholar tackles central questions of the discipline of writing. Drawing on his own experience with such mentors as John Updike, John Gardner, and James Baldwin, and in turn having taught such rising stars as Jesmyn Ward, Delbanco looks in particular at questions of influence and the contradictory, simultaneous impulses toward imitation and originality. Part memoir, part literary history, and part analysis, this unique text will resonate with students, writers, writing teachers, and bibliophiles.

Author: Nicholas Delbanco
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/22/2022
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.32h x 4.65w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780300264821
ISBN10: 0300264828
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Authorship
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy