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The Resource Girl in a library : on women writers & the writing life, Kelly Cherry

Girl in a library : on women writers & the writing life, Kelly Cherry

Creator
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Summary
"In this essay collection, Cherry explores the craft of writing, tracing her own development from rebellious college student to award-winning author of 19 books of poetry, fiction, short fiction, and criticism. She discusses her early life in Ithaca, New York, as the child of struggling musicians busy trying to survive and with little time for parenting. She was kicked out of college twice, but over the years she wrote - and then, receiving little encouragement, quit. Finally, she entered the writing programme at the University of North Carolina and achieved success. Cherry's essays are on topics such as writing, reading, life...with reflections on beauty, art, vocation, as well as essays of literary criticism on the works of American women writers."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
235 pages
Contents
  • Authority
  • Why I write
  • I was a teenage Beatnik
  • The beauty mark
  • My mother and Mr. Allen Dewey Spooner
  • The meaning of guilt (Anne Tyler)
  • Self and strangeness
  • Fictions by four contemporary African American women writers (Colleen J. McElroy, Gayl Jones, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange)
  • Art we cannot live without : Mary Ward Brown
  • A girl in a library
  • Two feuilletons, each managing to mention Emily Dickinson
  • Locating the female self in relation to the male tradition
  • A grace beyond the reach of art : teaching poetry
  • Third feuilleton
  • Self and sensibility : Elizabeth Hardwick
  • Literary theory and the actual writer
  • The daresomeness of a Southern woman writer (Bobbie Ann Mason)
  • The globe and the brain : on place in fiction
  • What comes next : women writing women in contemporary short fiction
  • Why I write now
  • Called to it : an autobiography
Isbn
9781886157668
Instance
Label
Girl in a library : on women writers & the writing life
Title
Girl in a library
Title remainder
on women writers & the writing life
Statement of responsibility
Kelly Cherry
Creator
1iYRHWjXUn0
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In this essay collection, Cherry explores the craft of writing, tracing her own development from rebellious college student to award-winning author of 19 books of poetry, fiction, short fiction, and criticism. She discusses her early life in Ithaca, New York, as the child of struggling musicians busy trying to survive and with little time for parenting. She was kicked out of college twice, but over the years she wrote - and then, receiving little encouragement, quit. Finally, she entered the writing programme at the University of North Carolina and achieved success. Cherry's essays are on topics such as writing, reading, life...with reflections on beauty, art, vocation, as well as essays of literary criticism on the works of American women writers."--Publisher's description
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Cherry, Kelly
Dewey number
810.9/975
Index
index present
LC call number
PS261
LC item number
.C44 2009
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cherry, Kelly
  • Cherry, Kelly
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Women authors, American
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Women authors, American
  • Southern States
Label
Girl in a library : on women writers & the writing life, Kelly Cherry
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Authority -- Why I write -- I was a teenage Beatnik -- The beauty mark -- My mother and Mr. Allen Dewey Spooner -- The meaning of guilt (Anne Tyler) -- Self and strangeness -- Fictions by four contemporary African American women writers (Colleen J. McElroy, Gayl Jones, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange) -- Art we cannot live without : Mary Ward Brown -- A girl in a library -- Two feuilletons, each managing to mention Emily Dickinson -- Locating the female self in relation to the male tradition -- A grace beyond the reach of art : teaching poetry -- Third feuilleton -- Self and sensibility : Elizabeth Hardwick -- Literary theory and the actual writer -- The daresomeness of a Southern woman writer (Bobbie Ann Mason) -- The globe and the brain : on place in fiction -- What comes next : women writing women in contemporary short fiction -- Why I write now -- Called to it : an autobiography
Control code
ocn321047599
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
235 pages
Isbn
9781886157668
Lccn
2009019815
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o321047599
  • (OCoLC)321047599
Label
Girl in a library : on women writers & the writing life, Kelly Cherry
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Authority -- Why I write -- I was a teenage Beatnik -- The beauty mark -- My mother and Mr. Allen Dewey Spooner -- The meaning of guilt (Anne Tyler) -- Self and strangeness -- Fictions by four contemporary African American women writers (Colleen J. McElroy, Gayl Jones, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange) -- Art we cannot live without : Mary Ward Brown -- A girl in a library -- Two feuilletons, each managing to mention Emily Dickinson -- Locating the female self in relation to the male tradition -- A grace beyond the reach of art : teaching poetry -- Third feuilleton -- Self and sensibility : Elizabeth Hardwick -- Literary theory and the actual writer -- The daresomeness of a Southern woman writer (Bobbie Ann Mason) -- The globe and the brain : on place in fiction -- What comes next : women writing women in contemporary short fiction -- Why I write now -- Called to it : an autobiography
Control code
ocn321047599
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
235 pages
Isbn
9781886157668
Lccn
2009019815
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o321047599
  • (OCoLC)321047599

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