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Writing Creative Writing: Essays from the Field
Contributor(s): Dunlop, Rishma (Editor), Tysdal, Daniel Scott (Editor), Uppal, Priscila (Editor)
ISBN: 1459741692     ISBN-13: 9781459741690
Publisher: Dundurn Group
OUR PRICE:   $26.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada's leading writers.

Writing Creative Writing is filled with thoughtful and entertaining essays on the joys and challenges of creative writing, the complexities of the creative writing classroom, the place of writing programs in the twenty-first century, and exciting strategies and exercises for writing and teaching different genres. Written by a host of Canada's leading writers, including Christian B k, Catherine Bush, Suzette Mayr, Yvette Nolan, Judith Thompson, and thom vernon, this book is the first of its kind and destined to be a milestone for every creative writing student, teacher, aspirant, and professional.

Contributor Bio(s): Uppal, Priscila: -

Priscila Uppal was an internationally acclaimed poet, prose writer, and playwright. A York University professor and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she was the author of Ontological Necessities and Cover Before Striking. Her memoir, Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother, was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize and a Governor General's Award.

Dunlop, Rishma: -

Rishma Dunlop was an award-winning poet, playwright, essayist, and translator. She was a Professor of Creative Writing and Education at York University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her publications include Lover Through Departure, Metropolis, and White Ink: Poems on Mothers and Motherhood.