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Farber T: Acting My Age

Acting My Age

“Here is a writer with a rare gift for appreciation and for reminding us of all we have to celebrate in our fractured world.”&nbsp;—Pico Iyer, author of 
The Half Known Life Behind the scenes of a globe-spanning career in freelance journalism Foreword by Tim Cahill A Crooked Line celebrates an age when print journalism changed lives and made the world a better place. That era may be winding down, but this perceptive book makes the case for why incisive writing will always matter. Over the course of his 40-year career, Michael Shapiro has reported from more than 20 countries, writing for National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and many other top publications. But the itinerant writer’s life, while rewarding, has never been easy.
 
Shapiro worked as an investigative reporter and staff writer for San Francisco Bay Area newspapers before letting go of a regular paycheck and setting out to share stories of people and places worldwide. The exhilarations of the open road, “afoot and light-hearted” as Whitman wrote, were tempered by the challenges of freelancing, from making a living to working with heavy-handed editors.
 
His stories put people first: For a feature about Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria, he visited farmers who spoke of shifting from exporting produce to growing food for local people. His profile of a Yosemite photographer, who climbed Half Dome after being diagnosed with cancer, brought the man’s big-hearted humanity to the fore.
 
Shapiro is known as a travel writer, but his work goes far beyond global dispatches. In this book he shares stories of: <ul><li>saving Sunset magazine’s priceless archive of Western life (including photos made by Ansel Adams) after Time Inc. told staffers to toss everything into a dumpster</li><li>an investigation into the U.S. government’s attempt to conceal the circumstances of pro football star and soldier Pat Tillman’s death during the war in Afghanistan</li><li>writing a tribute about environmental hero Jane Goodall just hours after she died</li><li>how the Grateful Dead’s ecstatic songs celebrate the wonders of nature.</li></ul>Renowned for his books of conversations with writers and artists, A Sense of Place and The Creative Spark, Shapiro has interviewed David Sedaris, Amy Tan, Smokey Robinson, Joan Rivers, Frances Mayes and Peter Matthiessen. In this volume, he tells the story of how he convinced a reluctant Paul Theroux to agree to an interview and shares an in-depth dialogue with poet and philosopher David Whyte. A Crooked Line highlights Shapiro’s best journalism and includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes about how he pitched stories and got assignments worldwide. Postscripts detail what happened afterward; some include letters from people he wrote about, sharing what his coverage meant to them. Due to the dramatic changes in the journalistic landscape, a career like Shapiro’s couldn’t begin today. Yet the skills he honed as a journalist—empathetic listening, concise and evocative writing, and a keen sense of what matters—remain as relevant as ever. The tales and insights in A Crooked Line provide a timely affirmation of journalism’s enduring power to illuminate the human experience. This penetrating book reminds us that whatever life path we choose, it’s vital to make it our own.

The Perils and Rewards of a Life in Freelance Journalism

A Crooked Line

Dingbo Wu PHD

Reflections Across Time and Genre: Selected Essays on American, English, and Chinese Literature presents a rich collection of critical essays by distinguished scholar Dr. Dingbo Wu. Drawing on decades of academic research and teaching, the book explores major themes, writers, and literary traditions from three influential literary worlds-American, English, and Chinese.

Through thoughtful analysis of novels, poetry, drama, and cultural texts, the essays examine how literature reflects social values, historical change, and human experience. Dr. Wu offers a unique comparative perspective, bridging Eastern and Western literary traditions while illuminating the connections between them.

Engaging and intellectually stimulating, this collection invites readers, students, and scholars to revisit classic works and discover new insights into the enduring power of literature across cultures and generations.

Selected Essays on American, English, and Chinese Literature

Reflections Across Time and Genre

Cold-blooded, slippery, wet and strange: fish can be hard to think of as fellow animals and easier to consider as food. But what do we know of these creatures on our plates, and what do we know of how they got there? In Every Last Fish, Rose George takes us inside the vast legal industries that support our appetite for fish fingers and salmon sandwiches, and the equally colossal illegal fishing trade whose practices and standards are unmonitored and often dangerous. It introduces us to the men (and it is mostly men) who fish, the women (and it is mostly women) who process the flesh and strive to keep fishing communities afloat. It takes us from Alaska to Senegal, via Scotland, Norway, and Massachusetts, and from the nets on the surface to the murky depths of the sea bed. It will transform the way you look at fish and change your understanding of what lies behind the inscrutable eye that looks back at you.

A Deep Dive Into the World of Fishes and Fishing

Every Last Fish

The Power of Putting Pen to Paper

Handwriting

Live and Write Her Journey

Fairy Tale Heroine

Tradd Street Press

Twenty Problems of the Fiction Writer

'This book is packed with wanderlust fuel for the adventurous book addict.' Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, BathIf you've ever planned a trip around a bookshop, sought out a hidden library or detoured for a literary landmark, this book is for you. Created by people who feel the same, A World of Bookish Places is a celebration of literary travel, written for book lovers who love to travel and travellers who love books.You'll discover: - A beautifully designed gift book, featuring a foil-rich cover, ribbon marker, marble-effect endpapers and illustrations throughout - A collection of 35 iconic literary cities, including London, Bath, Paris, Chicago and Washington, DC - plus an additional 24 bookish cities in the book's directory - Must-visit book nooks and landmarks, like cosy indie bookshops, welcoming libraries, historic author homes and literary cafés - Expert input from book-loving travel writers, booksellers, bloggers, and DK's very own editorial team - Gorgeous photography and bespoke illustrations that capture the unique atmosphere and aesthetic of every destination - Curated reading lists for each city, featuring the essential fiction, non-fiction and poetry to whet your appetite for each city - Literary walking tours with illustrated maps, including a walk through Dante's Florence, an hour's stroll through Jimbocho Book Town in Tokyo and an on-foot tour of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City - Spotlights on beloved book towns and regions, such as Hay-on-Wye in the UK, Aracataca in Colombia, and Concord, Massachusetts in the USWhether you're planning your next city break, curating your coffee table book collection or searching for travel gifts for the book lover in your life, A World of Bookish Places invites you to embark on a truly novel adventure.With contributions from the wonderfully bookish Mark Baker, Jenn Barger, Marta Bescos, Nicola Brady, Lucy Bryson, Camila Daza, Jennifer Fernández Solano, Lucie Grace, Mary Gray, Laura Hall, Rebecca Hallett, Rachel Laidler, Thomas Lampon-Masters, Jess Lee, Martha Olivia, Rachel Preece, Alex Rennie, Jacqueline Salome, Lucy Sara-Kelly, Kristen Shoates and Charles Usher.

Travel Inspiration For Book Lovers

A World of Bookish Places

“Conversational essays on wonder . . . A&nbsp;meditation on what gives life meaning. . . . A loving sermon on the rewards of children’s books.”&nbsp;―Kirkus Reviews Make Believe is bestselling children’s author Mac Barnett’s rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. It’s an incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children’s literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis,&nbsp;he&nbsp;champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure. What if children are a great audience for art? What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults? What if humans’ ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood? Well, then we’d better do our best to make some good kids’ books. Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe&nbsp;reads like a letter from your smartest and funniest friend. Includes spreads from Goodnight Moon and Busy, Busy Town, illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, and cover art by celebrated illustrator Carson Ellis. &nbsp;

On Telling Stories to Children

Make Believe

Now in paperback, a revealing collection from the intellectual titan whose work shaped the modern world. As an economist and public intellectual, Gary S. Becker was a giant. The recipient of a Nobel Prize, a John Bates Clark Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Becker is widely regarded as the greatest microeconomist in history. After forty years at the University of Chicago, Becker left a slew of unpublished writings that used an economic approach to human behavior, analyzing such topics as preference formation, rational indoctrination, income inequality, drugs and addiction, and the economics of family. These papers unveil the process and personality--direct, critical, curious--that made him a beloved figure in his field and beyond. The Economic Approach examines these extant works as a capstone to the Becker oeuvre--not because the works are perfect, but because they offer an illuminating, instructive glimpse into the machinations of an economist who wasn't motivated by publications. Here, and throughout his works, an inquisitive spirit remains remarkable and forever resonant.

Unpublished Writings of Gary S. Becker

The Economic Approach

How to Thrive as an Indie Author

Author Virtues

You’ve got a great story, but do you have great sentences?Stylish sentences have their own powerful energy that mesmerizes and even rearranges a reader’s world. Think of this book as a private lesson with Nina Schuyler — award winning author and professor of creative writing — featuring guest appearances by the masters, including James Baldwin, Grace Paley, Anne Carson, Justin Torres, and Toni Morrison. They’ve arrived to show you the mechanics of their magic.&nbsp;Featuring 31 essays and over 100 writing prompts, How to Write Stunning Sentences is the best way to practice writing sentences with style. The second edition of this indispensable guide includes seven new essays and more prompts.Sibylline Press is proud to announce its new imprint, Sibyl Writing Craft, dedicated to providing definitive titles on writing craft and the book business for writers.

100 Simple Exercises from Beloved Authors to Improve Your Writing Style

How to Write Stunning Sentences

Creative Writing Curiosity: Ten Essays on the Curious and Writerly is a lively collection examining how curiosity informs, shapes, deepens and empowers creative writing. Across ten varied essays the collection explores curiosity as stimulus, as guide, as teacher, companion or provocateur. Sometimes initiating, sometimes encouraging deeper thinking and greater imagining, and often the impetus, curiosity is shown as innate and routinely engaged with uncertainty. It is from our desire to know, the questioning that our curiosity entails, that creative writing emerges. Ultimately, it is shown that curiosity is manifest not only in what we write creatively but in how we go about writing it.

Ten Essays on the Curious and the Writerly Volume 1

Creative Writing Curiosity

Acting My Age

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