Adventures in pen land : one writer's journey from inklings to ink /

Adventures in pen land : one writer's journey from inklings to ink /

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Author / Creator:	Gingher, Marianne.
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 180 pages) : color illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Gingher, Marianne. Gingher, Marianne. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Authorship. Authors, American. Authorship. Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206021

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ISBN:	9780826266538 0826266533 9780826218179 0826218172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Candid memoir that takes readers along on a tour of soul-sucking jobs, marriage, a teaching career, '60s pop culture, writing workshops, and other amusing detours on the way to publication, sharing keen insights into the process of novel-writing and the role of a southern writer in American literary culture"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Gingher, Marianne. Adventures in pen land. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2008 9780826218179

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; One: My Writing Life Begins, Age Six; Two: A Mole's Diary; Three: The Silencing of the Lamb Faces; Four: The Art Teacher; Five: Empathy in Overdrive; Six: Virginia Woolf on a Motorcycle; Seven: Creative Writing Class Noir; Eight: The Southern Writer Thing; Nine: Thrill Life with Child; Ten: Summer of the Refrigerated Manuscript; Eleven: The Happiest of Endings; Twelve: Ever After; About the Author.