5/7/2023 0 Comments A moveable feast sparknotesLet’s summarize it, chapter by chapter (each of which deals with a different aspect of the writing craft, starting with words and ending with, well, the master of masters, Chekhov). Subtitled “A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them,” Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer is essentially a Reading 101 textbook for everyone who wants to become a poet or a novelist – or thinks that he/she is one at the moment.Ī sort of a personal journey through the world of books (and especially those who made Prose the writer that she is today), the book is filled with examples from literary masterworks and even includes a list of “books to be read immediately” for anyone interested at the end. Prose is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prose’s novel, Blue Angel, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Changed Man won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Visiting Professor of Literature at Bard College and a former president of the PEN American Center, she has authored 16 works of fiction and 8 nonfiction books. Francine Prose is an American novelist, essayist, and critic.
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