num_pages: 240
description: A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Phillip Lopatecelebrated essayist the director of Columbia Universitys nonfiction program and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay .Distinguished author Phillip Lopate editor of the celebrated anthology The Art of the Personal Essay is universally acclaimed as one of our best personal essayists ( Dallas Morning News ).Here combining more than forty years of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor he brings us this highly anticipated nuts-and-bolts guide to writing literary nonfiction.A phenomenal master class shaped by Lopates informative accessible tone and immense gift for storytelling To Show and To Tell reads like a long walk with a favorite professorrefreshing insightful and encouraging in often unexpected ways.
language: English
title: To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
publisher: Free Press