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1 day ago ago from Grasping for the Wind
Or: Why There Is So Little Time Left For Writing Most people I speak to seem to think that writers sit in the attic and scribble, full of inspiration. So when John asked me to do a guest blog, I thought it might be interesting to his readers to describe how a writer’s time is really spent. These are some of the writing-based things I have done in the last 12 months. I: Wrote four books (one for adults, three for children) Did ...
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by rigoberto gonzález | Dec-19-2009 Rigoberto González is the author of six books, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. His seventh book, Men without Bliss, is a story due out later this fall. The recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and of various international artist residencies, he writes twice a month a Latino book column, now ...
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On the front page of my edition of this book for Young Adults, twenty-two awards are listed, including National Book Award, New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the year. Happily, the book lives up to its many bestowals of praise. What I wasn’t aware of until after completing the book was that the story actually is, to a large extent, the author’s own story. Although the name of ...
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