![]() ![]() I found myself anxious for her to get her point made and move on. However, the style seemed stilted and detached. In what ways, if any, does talent set you apart? Does it exempt you from the duties and responsibilities expected of others? Or does it load you up with even more duties and responsibilities, but of a different kind? Are you to be a detached observer…? Or ought you to be a dedicated spokesperson for the downtrodden of this earth…? An ambitious artistic inquiry conducted with unpretentious charm, Negotiating with the Dead is an invaluable insider’s view of the writer’s universe. She does have some very interesting points to make, and questions to ask. To these fascinating issues Margaret Atwood brings a candid appraisal of her own experience as well as a breadth of reading that encompasses everything from Dante to Elmore Leonard. I cannot help but compare them, and I find this one better than Bradbury’s, but not so helpful (or entertaining) as King’sĪtwood clearly gave a lot of thought into the lecture series and she references many writers and books in a range of genres, though she does tend to rely most on classics / literary fiction and poetry. ![]() I read Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing last month and am just about to finish listening to Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Somehow, I’ve found myself reading books about writing this past year. This book is the result of that experience. The series of six presentations were intended for scholars, students and the general public. Alternate or Subtitle: A Writer on WritingĪtwood was asked to give the Empson lectures at Cambridge University in 2000. ![]()
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