num_pages: 224
description: A master of the novel short story and memoir the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool now gives us his very first collection of personal essays ranging throughout writing and reading and living. In these nine essays Richard Russo provides insight into his life as a writer teacher friend and reader. From a commencement speech he gave at Colby College to the story of how an oddly placed toilet made him reevaluate the purpose of humor in art and life to a comprehensive analysis of Mark Twain's value to his harrowing journey accompanying a dear friend as she pursued gender-reassignment surgery The Destiny Thief reflects the broad interests and experiences of one of America's most beloved authors. Warm funny wise and poignant the essays included here traverse Russo's writing life expanding our understanding of who he is and how his singular incredibly generous mind works. An utter joy to read they give deep insight into the creative process from the prospective of one of our greatest writers.
language: English
title: The Destiny Thief: Essays on Writing, Writers and Life
publisher: Knopf Publishing