How to start writing (and when to stop) : advice for authors / Wislawa Szymborska ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Clare Cavanagh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szymborska, Wisława, author.

Contributor:

Cavanagh, Clare, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Poczta literacka, czyli jak zostać (lub nie zostać) pisarzem. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Creative writing.

Feuilletons, Polish.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

"In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780811229715

0811229718

OCLC:

1233267802