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Like Shaking Hands with God : A Conversation about Writing by Lee Stringer and Kurt Vonnegut (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSeven Stories Press
ISBN-101609800745
ISBN-139781609800741
eBay Product ID (ePID)92398741
Product Key Features
Number of Pages80 Pages
Publication NameLike Shaking Hands with God : a Conversation about Writing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAuthorship, American / General, Literary, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorLee Stringer, Kurt Vonnegut
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight3.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-040171
Reviews"The title comes from Stringer's description of writing: 'It's a joy of discovery. I kind of would not like to know what I'm doing. I had a lot of fun trying to figure out how I was going to fill up these pages, and then, convinced that I'm not going to figure it out, bingo! something happens. It's like shaking hands with God. It's really a great payoff for the hours you sit around wondering if you can do what you're trying to do.' Stringer is contributing to four anthologies--two on homelessness, one about depression and one on racism--and writing more memoirs on his earlier life. But writing doesn't get easy: 'I still fear that I have nothing to say, but if I keep my butt in that chair long enough, I'll get somewhere, even if I don't always know where I'm going.'" -- USA Today "Almost everyone I know is a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, and so the colorful and curmudgeonly wisdom he brings to the table here is no surprise. But who is this Lee Stringer guy? By the end, I began to think of him as a superior version of James Frey with the main difference that Mr. Stringer (1) writes well and (2) his tales about life on Skid Row are true ... Based on two conversations between two friends with a lot of respect for each other, these guys are smart, they know how to express themselves, and they've been around the block a few times. The book bills itself as 'a conversation about writing' and it is that. But it's more of a conversation about being, but a kind of being that involves writing. For a lot of avid readers, that's a perfect fit." -- Essay Writing
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisLike Shaking Hands with God details a collaborative journey on the art of writing undertaken by two distinguished writers separated by age, race, upbringing, and education, but sharing common goals and aspirations. Rarely have two writers spoken so candidly about the intersection where the lives they live meet the art they practice. That these two writers happen to be Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer makes this a historic and joyous occasion. The setting was a bookstore in New York City, the date Thursday, October 1, 1998. Before a crowd of several hundred, Vonnegut and Stringer took up the challenge of writing books that would make a difference and the concomitant challenge of living from day to day. As Vonnegut said afterward, ""It was a magical evening."" A book for anyone interested in why the simple act of writing things down can be more important than the amount of memory in our computers.
LC Classification NumberPS3572.O5Z87 2010
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