{"product_id":"good-prose-the-art-of-nonfiction-paperback","title":"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Todd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Prose\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring book about writing--about the creation of good prose--and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e in Boston, where a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor who encouraged him. From that article grew a lifelong association. Before long, Kidder's \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of a New Machine, \u003c\/i\u003e the first book the two worked on together, had won the Pulitzer Prize. It was a heady moment, but for Kidder and Todd it was only the beginning of an education in the art of nonfiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Prose \u003c\/i\u003eexplores three major nonfiction forms: narratives, essays, and memoirs. Kidder and Todd draw candidly, sometimes comically, on their own experience--their mistakes as well as accomplishments--to demonstrate the pragmatic ways in which creative problems get solved. They also turn to the works of a wide range of writers, novelists as well as nonfiction writers, for models and instruction. They talk about narrative strategies (and about how to find a story, sometimes in surprising places), about the ethical challenges of nonfiction, and about the realities of making a living as a writer. They offer some tart and emphatic opinions on the current state of language. And they take a clear stand against playing loose with the facts. Their advice is always grounded in the practical world of writing and publishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Prose\u003c\/i\u003e--like Strunk and White's \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Style--\u003c\/i\u003eis a succinct, authoritative, and entertaining arbiter of standards in contemporary writing, offering guidance for the professional writer and the beginner alike. This wise and useful book is the perfect companion for anyone who loves to read good books and longs to write one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGood Prose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Smart, lucid, and entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"You are in such good company--congenial, ironic, a bit old-school--that you're happy to follow  Kidder and Todd] where they lead you.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] well-structured, to-the-point, genuinely useful, and fun-to-read guide to writing narrative nonfiction, essays, and memoir . . . Crisp, informative, and mind-expanding.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A gem . . . The finer points of creative nonfiction are molded into an inspiring read that will affect the would-be writer as much as Anne Lamott's\u003ci\u003e Bird by Bird \u003c\/i\u003eor Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eOn Writing. \u003c\/i\u003e. . . This is a must read for nonfiction writers.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"As approachable and applicable as any writing manual available.\"\u003cb\u003e--Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Harvard and studied at the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and many other literary prizes. The author of \u003ci\u003eStrength in What Remains, My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Soul of a New Machine, \u003c\/i\u003eTracy\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eKidder lives in Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Todd\u003c\/b\u003e was educated at Amherst and Stanford. He has spent many years as a magazine and book editor, and has written articles on a wide range of cultural themes for \u003ci\u003eHarper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Columbia Journalism Review, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. He is the author of a previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Thing Itself\u003c\/i\u003e, and he teaches in the MFA program at Goucher College.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 7.98 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380616347826,"sku":"9780812982152","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1cd0e54ba610ed08825587e2d54c48dc.webp?v=1777788780","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/good-prose-the-art-of-nonfiction-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}