Bibliograph

My trade is mystery, seven meditations from a life in writing, Carl Phillips

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Label

My trade is mystery, seven meditations from a life in writing, Carl Phillips

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

My trade is mystery

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1349463077

Responsibility statement

Carl Phillips

Sub title

seven meditations from a life in writing

Summary

"In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an "apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered." Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery."--Publisher description

Table Of Contents

Ambition -- Stamina -- Silence -- Politics -- Practice -- Audience -- Community

Target audience

adult

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