When the Rewards Can Be So Great

Essays on Writing and the Writing Life

Kwame Dawes

• Publisher: 1849 Editions
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9780988482753
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literatura
• Subtopic: Ensayos literarios

When the Rewards Can Be So Great is a selection of craft talks delivered by faculty at the Pacific University MFA in Writing program. The essays in this exciting collection are at times deeply personal, providing insight into the development of the writers in their craft; and at times sharply practical and filled with long-tested approaches for writing with power and effectiveness. All are characterized by care, generosity, and good humor and reflect a wonderfully welcoming eclecticism of styles, interests, traditions, and diversity of voices.

Includes essays by Carolyn Coman, John McNally, Marvin Bell, Pam Houston, Scott Korb, Benjamin Percy, Claire Davis, Sandra Alcosser, Valerie Laken, Mike Magnuson, Ellen Bass, Kwame Dawes, Steve Amick, Laura Hendrie, David Long, Mary Helen Stefaniak, Dorianne Laux, and Debra Gwartney.

Index

A

1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find (book) see O’Connor, Flannery
2. A Home at the End of the World (novel) see Cunningham, Michael
3. “A & P” (short story) see Updike, John
4. A Room of One’s Own (book) see Woolf, Virginia
5. A Rough Guide to the Heart (memoir) see Houston, Pam
6. “A Temporary Matter” (short story) see Lahiri, Jhumpa
7. Abrams, J. J. 1; see also Dorst, Doug
   1. S 1
8. Acmeists 1
9. “After Listening to a Lecture on Form” (poem) see Millar, Joseph
10. After the Workshop (novel) see McNally, John
11. agents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
12. Akhmatova, Anna 1, 2, 3
    1. “Last Meeting” translated by Stephen Berg 1
13. Alexander, Michelle 1
14. Alighieri, Dante 1
15. Amazon (website) 1, 2
16. “American Express” (short story) see Salter, James
17. American Psycho (novel) see Ellis, Bret Easton
18. America’s Report Card (novel) see McNally, John
19. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (short story) see Bierce, Ambr...