Lit from Within

Lit from Within offers creative writers a window into the minds of some of America's most celebrated contemporary authors. Witty, direct, and thought-provoking, these essays offer something to creative writers of all backgrounds and experience. With contributions from fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers, this is a collection of unusual breadth and quality.

Contributors: Lee K. Abbott, Rick Bass, Claire Bateman, Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Billy Collins, Peter Ho Davies, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Robin Hemley, Tony Hoagland, David Kirby, Maggie Nelson, Francine Prose, Mary Ruefle

Contenu

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• RON CARLSON
  The Wrong Answer
• ROBIN HEMLEY
  Confessions of a Navel Gazer
• FRANCINE PROSE
  Gesture
• BILLY COLLINS
  The Myth of Craft
  Thoughts on the Writing of Poetry
• PETER HO DAVIES
  Only Collect
  Something about the Short Story Collection
• CHARLES BAXTER
  Stillness
• DAVID KIRBY
  Thirteen Things I Hate about Poetry
• CLAIRE BATEMAN
  Some Questions about Questions
• STEPHEN DUNN
  The Poem, Its Buried Subject, and the Revisionist Reader
  Behind "The Guardian Angel"
• LEE K. ABBOTT
  Thirteen Things about the Contemporary Short Story That Really Hack Me Off
• TONY HOAGLAND
  Litany, Gamesmanship, and Representation
  Charting the Old to the New Poetry
• MAGGIE NELSON
  All That Is the Case
  Some Thoughts on Fact in Nonfiction and Documentary Poetry
• CARL DENNIS
  A Poem of Character
• RICK BASS
  Good Fortune Befell Me
  Notes on the Writer/Editor Relationship
• MARY RUEFLE
  Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World
• Credits