From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer -- and so much more than that.

Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear.

A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to a Young Writer is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them.

These fifty-two essays are ultimately a profound challenge to a new generation to bring truth and light to a dark world through their art.

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• Publication Date: April 4, 2017
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 167 Pages
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