The Writer’s Reader: Vocation, Preparation, Creation

by
Robert Cohen and Jay Parini, editors
Published in 2017
by Bloomsbury Academic

This anthology compiles over thirty essays on the literary life by authors including Julia Alvarez, Walter Benjamin, Edwidge Danticat, Henry James, Ha Jin, Cynthia Ozick, Binyavanga Wainaina, and David Foster Wallace. Readers gain access and insight into the reflections of a diverse range of writers, all of whom share their approach to the craft and their perspectives on the writing life.