Burn this book
Subtitle: notes on literature and engagement
By: edited by Toni Morrison
Edition: 1st Harper pbk. [ed.].
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780061774010
Subjects: Authorship; Freedom of speech; Literature and society; Censorship
Description: From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.
Notes: "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2009 by HarperStudio, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso.

Hardcover ed. has subtitle: PEN writers speak out on the power of the word.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Peril  -- Toni Morrison; title: Why write?  -- John Updike; title: Writing in the dark  -- David Grossman; title: Out from under the cloud of unknowing  -- Francine Prose; title: The man, the men at the station  -- Pico Iyer; title: Notes on literature and engagement  -- Russell Banks; title: Talking to strangers  -- Paul Auster; title: Freedom to write  -- Orhan Pamuk; title: Notes on writing and the nation  -- Salman Rushdie; title: The sudden sharp memory  -- Ed Park; title: Witness : the inward testimony -- Nadine Gordimer.