Bonnie Friedman (1) (1958–)
Auteur de Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Bonnie Friedman, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Bonnie Friedman is the author of The Thief of Happiness, and, most recently, Surrendering Oz: A Life in Essays, which was long-listed for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. A three-time Notable Essayist in The Best American Essays, she is an Associate Professor at the afficher plus University of North Texas, where she won the Creative Impact Award. afficher moins
Œuvres de Bonnie Friedman
Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life (1993) 297 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Friedman, Bonita
- Date de naissance
- 1958-04-19
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Denton, Texas, USA - Études
- University of Iowa
Wesleyan University - Professions
- professor
- Organisations
- University of North Texas
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Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distractions and… par Bonnie Friedman
In general, books about writing are generally either instructional or inspirational. They might provide guidance in how to outline a novel, or advise on the proper use of semi-colons. Or they create a desire in the reader to put down the book and start writing immediately. This book manages to do neither. It does use a lot of words to describe the author's experiences in the famous MFA program in Iowa, her childhood relationship with her older sister and how changing her handwriting helped her writing process, but while those stories were fine, they did little to address any of the topics her chapter headings promised would be discussed. It had a good title, though.… (plus d'informations)
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I'm not sure why this one was on my list. I am curious about psychotherapy, but can't imagine why I thought that one particular person's experience would actually be interesting for a few hundred pages, if that makes any sense. Luckily the writer knew how to make her memoir read like a novel, skipping around in time and creating an interesting narrative that only dragged a few times. The local setting was also entertaining. (January 20, 2005)
Mooi, persoonlijk boek over de draken in de schrijversziel.
A combination of essays and memoir, Writing Past Dark can be helpful in a sense that it does point out the dark moments (envy, distraction) that every writer goes through. It helps to see one writer that's gotten over these problems; for now, anyway. Some of the early chapters were a bit trying to get past, but it's a pretty short book, so it's all right.
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- #72,311
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- 3.5
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