A community of writers : Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop / edited by Robert Dana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dana, Robert, 1929-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing (Higher education)--Iowa--History--20th century.

Creative writing (Higher education).

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Authorship--Social aspects--Iowa.

Authorship.

Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Engle, Paul, 1908-1991--Friends and associates.

Engle, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With these words, written long before his Iowa Writers' Workshop became world famous, much imitated, and academically rich, Paul Engle captured the spirit behind his beloved workshop. Now, in this collection of essays by and about those writers who shared the energetic early years, Robert Dana presents a dynamic, informative tribute to Engle and his world.The book's three sections mingle myth and history with style and grace and no small amount of humor. The beginning essays are given over to memories of Paul Engle in his heyday. The second group focuses particularly on

Contents:

Contents; Preface; The Writer and the Place; Paul Engle, Impresario; Recollections of the Iowa Writers' Workshop; Some Recollections; Paul at Stone City; A Miranda's World; My Time; When Literary Life Was Still Piled Up in a Few Places; A Crisis of Sorts; Dear Hualing; ""I'll Make Your Career""; Engle's Workshop; He Made It Possible; Every Shut-Eye Ain't Asleep; A Tale of Two Fathers; The Fellowship; Thank You, Paul; ""Next Year You Can See for Yourself""; New World Symphony; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors

Far from the Ocean: Robert Lowell at Iowa, 1953Mine Own John Berryman; Improvisations on Donald Justice; R. V. Cassill; Ray B. West, Jr.; Marguerite Young: Trying on a Style; Vance Bourjaily; Kurt Vonnegut: Waltzing with the Black Crayon; Myths and Texts; The Emergence of the Writers' Workshop; Flannery O'Connor in the Writers' Workshop; Chicken à la King; Snapshots of Paul; Dylan Thomas at Iowa; So Began the Happiest Years of My Life; Fair Days and Fowl; Afterword; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781587292767

1587292769

OCLC:

50413376