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Title: SOME NECESSARY ANGELS
ESSAYS ON WRITING AND POLITICS
By: Jay Parini
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0231110715
ISBN 13: 9780231110716
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Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 25 July, 2000
Pages: 288
Description: Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best writings-both classic and previously unpublished works-on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing.
Synopsis: Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best essays-both classic and unpublished works-on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. For aspiring writers, Some Necessary Angels is an illuminating glimpse into the workshop of a distinguished novelist and critic. For readers who share Parini's love of language, it is an invigorating expression of faith.
Publication: US
Imprint: Columbia University Press
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