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  Title

  My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing

  Author

  Phillips, Carl, 1959- author.  

  Publisher:

  Yale University Press,

  Pub date:

  [2022]

  Physical desc:

  100 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9780300257878

  Copy info:

  1 copy available in Shelved by call number, A-L 4th Floor, N-Z 3rd Floor.
  1 copy total in all locations.

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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    PS3566 .H476 M92 2022	1	Book	Shelved by call number, A-L 4th Floor, N-Z 3rd Floor

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  My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing
  Phillips, Carl, 1959- author.
  

  ISBN:

  9780300257878

  ISBN:

  0300257872

  ISBN:

  (ISBN invalid)9780300268959

  Personal Author:

  Phillips, Carl, 1959- author.

  Title:

  My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing / Carl Phillips.

  Publication info:

  New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

  Copyright notice:

  ©2022

  Physical descrip:

  100 pages ; 21 cm

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  Contents:

  Ambition -- Stamina -- Silence -- Politics -- Practice -- Audience -- Community.

  Summary:

  "In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an "apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered." Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery."--Publisher description.

  Personal subject:

  Phillips, Carl, 1959-

  Personal subject:

  Phillips, Carl, 1959-

  Subject term:

  Authorship.

  Subject term:

  Authorship--Study and teaching.

  Genre:

  Essays. fast (OCoLC)fst01919922

  Genre:

  Essays. lcgft

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ISBN:

9780300257878

ISBN:

0300257872

ISBN:

(ISBN invalid)9780300268959

Personal Author:

Phillips, Carl, 1959- author.

Title:

My trade is mystery : seven meditations from a life in writing / Carl Phillips.

Publication info:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

Copyright notice:

©2022

Physical descrip:

100 pages ; 21 cm

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Ambition -- Stamina -- Silence -- Politics -- Practice -- Audience -- Community.

Summary:

"In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an "apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered." Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery."--Publisher description.

Personal subject:

Phillips, Carl, 1959-

Personal subject:

Phillips, Carl, 1959-

Subject term:

Authorship.

Subject term:

Authorship--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Essays. fast (OCoLC)fst01919922

Genre:

Essays. lcgft