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Avenues of Translation

The City in Iberian and Latin American Writing

by Regina Galasso, Evelyn Scaramella, Suzanne Jill Levine, Ilan Stavans, Alicia Borinsky, Christopher Maurer, Nicholas Cifuentes Goodbody, Charles Hatfield, Jennifer Duprey0, Hugh Hazelton1, Esther Allen2, Urayoán Noel3, Peter Bush4 ...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited CollectionCities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic ... Read more

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Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited CollectionCities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic
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One-Way Tickets

Writers and the Culture of Exile

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In One-Way Tickets, Borinsky offers up a splendid tour across 20th-century literatures, providing a literary travelogue to writers and artists in exile. She describes their challenges in adjusting to new homelands, issues of identity and language, and the brilliant works produced under the discomforts and stresses of belonging nowhere.Speaking with the authority of first-hand experience, Borinsky ... Read more

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In One-Way Tickets, Borinsky offers up a splendid tour across 20th-century literatures, providing a literary travelogue to writers and artists in exile. She describes their challenges in adjusting to new homelands, issues of identity and language, and the brilliant works produced under the discomforts and stresses of belonging nowhere.Speaking with the authority of first-hand experience, Borinsky
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Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular

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Wise advice on plot, character, and style from a legendary Esquire editor: "Every aspiring fiction writer ought to read this." — Writer's DigestOver the course of his long and colorful career as fiction editor for Esquire magazine, L. Rust Hills championed the early work of literary luminaries such as Norman Mailer, John Cheever, Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, and E. Annie Proulx. His skill at ... Read more

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Wise advice on plot, character, and style from a legendary Esquire editor: "Every aspiring fiction writer ought to read this." — Writer's DigestOver the course of his long and colorful career as fiction editor for Esquire magazine, L. Rust Hills championed the early work of literary luminaries such as Norman Mailer, John Cheever, Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, and E. Annie Proulx. His skill at
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How to Be a Writer

Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft

by John Birmingham ...

'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is workflow?', 'How to write 10,000 words in a day' and 'The best apps for writers'. How to Be a ... Read more

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'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is workflow?', 'How to write 10,000 words in a day' and 'The best apps for writers'. How to Be a
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Writing the Blockbuster Novel

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"Sexy, smart, skillful. At last, the opportunity for any writer to learn from the master." —Nora Roberts, # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Mind GamesAlbert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills ... Read more

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"Sexy, smart, skillful. At last, the opportunity for any writer to learn from the master." —Nora Roberts, # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Mind GamesAlbert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills
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Writing Successful Self-Help and How-To Books

by Jean Marie Stine ...

"If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a successful book." --Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc."After Jean reworked my first draft, paperback rights sold for $137,000." --Timmen Cermak, M.D., author of A Time to Heal: The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of AlcoholicsMastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is ... Read more

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"If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a successful book." --Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc."After Jean reworked my first draft, paperback rights sold for $137,000." --Timmen Cermak, M.D., author of A Time to Heal: The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of AlcoholicsMastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is
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The Everything Guide To Magazine Writing

From Writing Irresistible Queries to Landing Your First Assignment-all You Need to Build a Successful Career

by Kim Kavin ...

Series series Everything® Series
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ... Read more

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Story Theory

How to Write Like J.R.R. Tolkien in Three Easy Steps

by Deren Hansen ...

Series Book 4 - Dunlith Hill Writing Guides
We all know how to tell stories just like we all know our native language, having heard both since we were born. People, however, who study their native language discover there’s much they misunderstood or simply didn’t know. The same is true of story when we look at it more carefully.With topics that include the theory of story as model, the fractal key to narrative complexity, and the art of the ... Read more

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We all know how to tell stories just like we all know our native language, having heard both since we were born. People, however, who study their native language discover there’s much they misunderstood or simply didn’t know. The same is true of story when we look at it more carefully.With topics that include the theory of story as model, the fractal key to narrative complexity, and the art of the
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The Bow and the Lyre

The Poem, The Poetic Revelation, Poetry and History

by Octavio Paz ...

Translated by Ruth L. C. Simms ...

Series series Texas Pan American Series
Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives. ... Read more

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Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives.
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Language

by Edward Sapir ...

Taken from the work of late-19th/early-20th century anthropological linguist Edward Sapir, this is a fascinating comprehensive introduction to the field of linguistics. ... Read more

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Taken from the work of late-19th/early-20th century anthropological linguist Edward Sapir, this is a fascinating comprehensive introduction to the field of linguistics.
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Uncivil Wars

Elena Garro, Octavio Paz, and the Battle for Cultural Memory

by Sandra Messinger Cypess ...

Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
The first English-language book to place the works of Elena Garro (1916–1998) and Octavio Paz (1914–1998) in dialogue with each other, Uncivil Wars evokes the lives of two celebrated literary figures who wrote about many of the same experiences and contributed to the formation of Mexican national identity but were judged quite differently, primarily because of gender.While Paz’s privileged, prize ... Read more

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The first English-language book to place the works of Elena Garro (1916–1998) and Octavio Paz (1914–1998) in dialogue with each other, Uncivil Wars evokes the lives of two celebrated literary figures who wrote about many of the same experiences and contributed to the formation of Mexican national identity but were judged quite differently, primarily because of gender.While Paz’s privileged, prize
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What's A Slave Worth?

by Steve Kenny ...

Income inequality in America has never been greater. A timely piece that questions whether American slavery has merely been replaced with American wage slavery. ... Read more

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