Walter Samson is a successful book editor in post-World War Two New York. He has more than enough money, an interesting wife, Phyllis, two smart children and reason to believe he's leading the good A
Trophy House is an extraordinary and complex novel, at one level a romantic thriller, at another a deeply satisfying story about the disintegration of a marriage and the consequences for all concerne
Despite being a successful book editor with a wife and two children, Walter Samson finds himself risking everything for a relationship with another man.
Despite being a successful book editor with a wife and two children, Walter Samson finds himself risking everything for a relationship with another man.
Organized by the elements of fiction and comprised primarily of writing exercises, this text helps students hone and refine their craft with a practical, hands-on approach to writing fiction.
Novelist Anne Bernays and biographer Justin Kaplan -- both native New Yorkers -- came of age in the 1950s, when the pent-up energies of the Depression years and World War II were at flood tide. Writte
What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-
As delightful and playful as it is profound and serious, The Language of Names is an absolute original -- a fascinating book that reveals us to ourselves, that demonstrates the endless variety of ways
