Debra Adelaide
Auteur de Le guide du bien mourir
A propos de l'auteur
Debra Adelaide was born in 1958 in Sydeny, Australia. She holds a BA and MA in English literature and a doctorate in Australian women¿s literature from the University of Sydney. She is an associate professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her editing work includes A Bright and Fiery afficher plus Troop, A Window in the Dark, Motherlove, Motherlove 2, Cutting the Cord, Acts of Dog, and The Simple Act of Reading. Her other works include The Hotel Albatross, Australian Women Writers, Serpent Dust, The Household Guide to Dying, Letter to George Clooney, and The Women's Pages. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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- Date de naissance
- 1958
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Études
- University of Sydney (BA, MA - English Literature, PhD)
- Professions
- novelist
book reviewer
editor
researcher
associate professor (Creative Writing) - Organisations
- University of Technology, Sydney
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- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 585
- Popularité
- #42,856
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 49
- ISBN
- 73
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 1
Debra's enthusiasm for books and learning is infectious and I could relate to much of the content. Her passion for literature shines through as she looks back at her discovery of reading, formative reading years and later teaching years. She also includes a handy reference section at the end of each essay, listing all of the works mentioned.
Part memoir and part love letter to literature, Debra freely offers priceless advice for students, writers, reviewers and readers. I particularly enjoyed her essay about the ethics of reviewing entitled The Front Line and this quote:
"Besides, the job of the reviewer is to review the book, not to worry about how what they might say will either further or impede its author's career." Page 182
The Innocent Reader - Reflections on Reading and Writing by Debra Adelaide is a great resource for emerging writers; seasoned writers; wannabe editors; expert editors; teachers and of course every kind of reader there is. As Debra says:
"There can never be too many books, or too many writers. Or too many readers, or too. much reading." Page 166
And of course I wholeheartedly agree.
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