108 photos of writers at their work desks ( )

Seeing where authors create is a real treat; how different each of them are, and how different the spaces that help nurture the narratives they create. The photography is exquisite, but the real treat is to hear each of them describe why and how they've come to their spaces, and how they fit into them. There's a fair bit about the writing life and creativity in each essay. It's a quick read, and one that I'll come back to again, I'm sure. ( )

One of my favorite books.Contains photos of many famous writers taken by Krementz showing the rooms were they write and their desks.Photos are in black and white.The writers in their own words explain their set ups,what they write with and how they write.First time readers might be astonished as they turn each page to see many famous writers of the twentieth century.Many of the writers have passed including John Updike who wrote the forward.
This is a very good little piece of photo journalism. ( )

This is an inspiring collection of photos of authors writing desks - each black and white picture giving an insight into the creative process of the author. I bought my copy secondhand from abebooks.com, and although portraits of great writers don't age just wish that someone would bring out a new version of the book with contemporary authors at work. ( )

Photographs by Krementz of writers at their work spaces, along with comments by the writers, on the space and on the process. George Plimpton's is surrounded by files and babies on the floor, while E.B. White's home in Maine is a stark woodenroom with a typewriter on a small wooden table.
Because the photos were taken over a period ranging from the early 1970s to 1996, few of the writers are using computers (some, like Edmund White, stick with pen and paper). But Roy Blount, Jr., who is using a computer, says, "Why write, when you can watch a movie on your typewriter?" Ha!!