Lives of the Writers
Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 1, 2014
Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter.
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- Who it’s for
- A writer’s life includes more than the writing—and sometimes a tossed shirt or an odd breakfast.
- Themes
- Writers’ everyday lives, Writing habits and tools
- Genres
- Writers' Lives for Kids, Creative Writing, Kids Biographies
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Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.
Writers Offstage
A writer’s life includes more than the writing—and sometimes a tossed shirt or an odd breakfast.
Come here for
- Quills, fountain pens, and a Yiddish typewriter
- Curious questions about writers’ everyday habits
Expect
- Literary names seen through their off-page lives
- A mix of comedies, tragedies, and neighborly reactions
Where it sits
| Writers' Lives for Kids | 97% |
|---|---|
| Kids Biographies | 84% |
| Creative Writing | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids Biographies
- Writers' Lives for Kids
- Creative Writing
- Artists' Lives
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- Lives in History
- Writers' Lives
- Music Biographies
- United States History for Teens
- Authors
- Kathleen Krull
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 1, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Writers’ everyday lives · Writing habits and tools
- Reading lane
- Kids Biographies