Imaginative Writing [Paperback]

JANET BURROWAYis the author of plays, poetry, essays, children’s books, and eight novels includingThe Buzzards,Raw Silk(runner up for the National Book Award),Opening Nights,Cutting Stone, andBridge of Sand. Her other publications include a collection of personal essays,Embalming Mom, in addition to a volume of poetry,Material Goods, and three children’s books in verse,The Truck on the Track,The Giant Jam Sandwich, andThe Perfect Pig. Her playsMedea with Child(The Reva Shiner Award),Sweepstakes,Division of Property(Arts & Letters Award), andParts of Speechhave received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago, and various regional theaters. Her textbookWriting Fiction, now in its ninth edition, is the most widely used creative writing text in the United States. Her most recent books are a memoir,Losing Tim, and a collection of essays she has edited,A Story Larger Than My Own: Women Writers Look Back on Their Lives and Careers. She is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Florida State University in Tallahassee and has most recently taught in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Northwestern University.

Preface

Chapter 1 Invitation to the Writer

You …

… and writing …

… and reading …

… and this book …

… and your journal …

Journal Excerpts

        Ayelet Waldman

        Billy CollinlĂ2