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The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / Jane Smiley.
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- Author(s): Smiley, Jane, author
- Language:
English- Publication Information:
Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023]- Publication Date:
2023- Physical Description:
243 pages ; 23 cm- Publication Type:
Book- Document Type:
Non-fiction; Autobiography- Subject Terms:
- Subject Terms:
- Availability: 7 Holdings
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- Additional Information
- Abstract: Summary: "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"-- Provided by publisher.
- Content Notes: My absent father -- Iceland made me -- Can mothers think? -- The most important question -- Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, gives Desdemona some advice -- The one and only -- I am your "Prudent Amy" -- Why go on? -- Say it ain't so, Huck -- Thoughts on My Ántonia -- Gregor: my life as a bug -- Meet Jessica Mitford -- The other Nancy Mitford -- Laughing to the end -- Farewell, Alice Munro, and thanks for everything -- History vs. historical fiction -- Reflections on St. Louis -- Writing is an exercise in freedom.
- Notes: 1 3 4 17 19 20 22
- ISBN: 9781597146050
- Accession Number: 2022041766
- Accession Number: ccp.1157245
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- Branch: Main Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: John's Island Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: Mt. Pleasant Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: Otranto Road Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: Wando Mount Pleasant Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: Baxter Patrick James Island Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
- Branch: Bees Ferry West Ashley Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 813.009 SMILEY
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