{"product_id":"9780771013690","title":"Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBland, Jared\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEmblem Editions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated writers reveal surprising truths about the joys, challenges, and importance of finding the words, in this special fundraising anthology for PEN Canada.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eFinding the Words\u003c\/b\u003e, thirty-one well-known writers share deeply personal discoveries and stories that will surprise, delight, and stir the mind and heart. By turns inspiring, provocative, witty, and compelling, these diverse and original pieces explore home, exile, and the search for a place to belong; community, creativity, celebrity, and the many forms power can take.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAmong the pieces in the anthology: Diana Athill and Alice Munro discuss the consequences of writing about other people; Gord Downie meditates on what it means to be a songwriter by considering one of his own songwriting heroes; Guy Gavriel Kay reflects on how his relationship with his own readers continues to change; Elizabeth Hay searches for inspiration in the fallow period between books; Rawi Hage meditates on writing rooted in the universal experience of exile; Pasha Malla and Moez Surani present a funny and confounding list of “rules for writers” solicited from non-writers; Heather O’Neill tells the story of an illiterate and underage wannabe gangster in mid-century Montreal; Michael Winter pieces together court transcripts, newspaper accounts, and other primary sources to take us into the dark heart of a real-life Newfoundland crime story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProceeds from this volume will go to PEN Canada in support of its vital work in defence of freedom of expression and on behalf of writers around the world who have been silenced.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinding the Words\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors List:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiana Athill\u003cbr\u003eTash Aw\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bezmozgis \u003cbr\u003eJoseph Boyden \u003cbr\u003eDavid Chariandy \u003cbr\u003eDenise Chong\u003cbr\u003eKaren Connelly \u003cbr\u003eAlain de Botton \u003cbr\u003eEmma Donoghue \u003cbr\u003eGord Downie \u003cbr\u003eMarina Endicott \u003cbr\u003eStacey May Fowles \u003cbr\u003eRawi Hage \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Hay \u003cbr\u003eSteven Heighton \u003cbr\u003eLee Henderson \u003cbr\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay \u003cbr\u003eMark Kingwell \u003cbr\u003eMartha Kuwee Kumsa \u003cbr\u003eAnnabel Lyon \u003cbr\u003eLinden MacIntyre \u003cbr\u003ePasha Malla \u003cbr\u003eLisa Moore \u003cbr\u003eAlice Munro \u003cbr\u003eStephanie Nolen \u003cbr\u003eHeather O’Neill \u003cbr\u003eRichard Poplak \u003cbr\u003eMoez Surani \u003cbr\u003eMiguel Syjuco \u003cbr\u003eMadeleine Thien \u003cbr\u003eMichael Winter \u003cbr\u003eWith cover design and illustration by Seth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.pencanada.ca\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emblem Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214260105471,"sku":"9780771013690","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780771013690_s600x595.jpg?v=1782148523","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780771013690","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}