Aaron Shapiro (2)
Auteur de Writing, the Sacred Art: Beyond the Page to Spiritual Practice (Art of Spiritual Living)
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Œuvres de Aaron Shapiro
Writing, the Sacred Art: Beyond the Page to Spiritual Practice (Art of Spiritual Living) (2012) 23 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Professions
- poet
essayist
teacher - Relations
- Shapiro, Rami (father)
- Organisations
- Middle State Tennessee University
- Prix et distinctions
- Virginia Peck Award
Vermont Studio Center fellowship
Michael Hauptman Poetry Prize
Paul Muldoon Poetry Fellowship
Intellectual Freedom Award, Tennessee Library Association
Membres
Critiques
Listes
The Writing Life (1)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 23
- Popularité
- #537,598
- Évaluation
- 2.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
The bulk of this slender volume is a series of writing exercises designed as a roadmap to inner discovery. This is both its strength and weakness. It’s as if Senior and Junior Shapiro can’t decide if they want to produce a self-help manual or a primer on creative writing. While there is some helpful advice sprinkled throughout the text – to overcome writer’s block, for instance, this duo suggests going for a walk and then writing about what you saw along the way, how you felt, etc. – too much verbiage is devoted to digression and mysticism. Numerous references are made to this sage or that philosopher, none of which is particularly enlightening for the reader. The lack of an index forces one to flip constantly back and forth to find a specific passage. Here’s this reviewer’s advice: if you want to be a better person, read something by Dale Carnegie. If you want to be a better wordsmith, read On Writing Well by William Zinsser. In so doing, the reader will understand why both of these gentlemen have been in print for decades.… (plus d'informations)