Burn this book : PEN writers speak out on the power of the word / edited by Toni Morrison.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York] : HarperStudio, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2009]Copyright date: Edition: First editionDescription: vi, 118 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061774003
  • 0061774006
Other title:
  • PEN writers speak out on the power of the word
Related works:
  • Container of (work) Auster, Paul, 1947- Talking to strangers
  • Container of (work) Banks, Russell, 1940- Notes on literature and engagement
  • Container of (work) Gordimer, Nadine. Witness
  • Container of (work) Grossman, David. Writing in the dark
  • Container of (work) Iyer, Pico. Man, the men at the station
  • Container of (work) Morrison, Toni. Peril
  • Container of (work) Pamuk, Orhan, 1952- Freedom to write
  • Container of (work) Park, Ed, 1970- Sudden sharp memory
  • Container of (work) Prose, Francine, 1947- Out from under the cloud of unknowing
  • Container of (work) Rushdie, Salman. Notes on writing and the nation
  • Container of (work) Updike, John. Why write?
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 808.8
  • 363.3/1 22
LOC classification:
  • Z657 .B935 2009
NLM classification:
  • 363.31 B963m
Online resources:
Contents:
Peril / Toni Morrison -- Why write? / John Updike -- Writing in the dark / David Grossman -- Out from under the cloud of unknowing / Francine Prose -- The man, the men at the station / Pico Iyer -- Notes on literature and engagement / Russell Banks -- Talking to strangers / Paul Auster -- Freedom to write / Orhan Pamuk -- Notes on writing and the nation / Salman Rushdie -- The sudden sharp memory / Ed Park -- Witness : the inward testimony / Nadine Gordimer.
Summary: From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.
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Essays.

"Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center"--Jacket.

Published in New York.

Includes bibliographical references.

Peril / Toni Morrison -- Why write? / John Updike -- Writing in the dark / David Grossman -- Out from under the cloud of unknowing / Francine Prose -- The man, the men at the station / Pico Iyer -- Notes on literature and engagement / Russell Banks -- Talking to strangers / Paul Auster -- Freedom to write / Orhan Pamuk -- Notes on writing and the nation / Salman Rushdie -- The sudden sharp memory / Ed Park -- Witness : the inward testimony / Nadine Gordimer.

From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.

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