Letters to a Young Writer
Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
by Colum McCann
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appears in Best Books on Writing, Writing, and Nonfiction.
From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writerand so much more than that.Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the storie...
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