A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art

Ursula K. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry?both her process and her philosophy?with all the wisdom, profundity, and rigor we expect from on

A bright and wide-ranging collection of essays, reviews, talks, and more fromone of today's best and most thoughtful writers.

In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools a