**A superb collection of short fictionβher first in thirty years and spanning many geographiesβfrom the critically acclaimed author of*Monkeys, Evening,*and*Thirty Girls*** A writer dryly catalogs the myriad reasons she cannot write; an artist bicycles through protests in lower Manhattan and ru
Why I Don't Write Children's Literature (and other stories)
β Scribed by Soto, Gary
- Book ID
- 108698193
- Publisher
- ForeEdge from University Press of New England
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781611687118
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The beloved writer returns to entertain in a fresh collection of essays
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