{"product_id":"writing-places-the-life-journey-of-a-writer-and-teacher-isbn-9780061729027","title":"Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e“William Zinsser turns his zest, warmth and curiosity—his sharp but forgiving eye—on his own story. The result is lively, funny and moving, especially for anyone who cares about art and the business of writing well.”\u003cbr\u003e—Evan Thomas, \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWriting Places, \u003c\/em\u003eWilliam Zinsser—the \u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eOn Writing Well,\u003c\/em\u003e the bestseller that has inspired two generations of writers, journalists, and students—recalls the many colorful and instructive places where he has worked and taught. \u003c\/span\u003eGay Talese, author of \u003cem\u003eA Writer’s Life, \u003c\/em\u003ecalls \u003cem\u003eWriting Places,\u003c\/em\u003e “Wonderful,” while the \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e praises this unique memoir for possessing “all the qualities that Zinsser believes matter most in good writing—clarity, brevity, simplicity and humanity.”\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWilliam Zinsser's journey to all the places where he has done his writing and his teaching begins in 1946, with his first job at the \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, a community of legendary journalists and oddballs, in its postwar years of glory. Next came 11 years of freelance writing for magazines, mainly covering the turbulent 1960s for \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e, a period that found the writer and his typewriter perched in many unusual locations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter that he spent a decade at Yale University, where his office as master of Branford College was beneath a 44-bell carillon. At Yale he originated his famous \"nonfiction workshop,\" which would launch the careers of many exceptional writers and editors. That course led to his classic book, \u003cem\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/em\u003e, which he wrote during the summer of 1974 in a crude shed in Connecticut. In this new memoir Zinsser recalls the processes that went into creating that original edition and revising it over the next 30 years to keep pace with changes in the language and culture of America. His journey brings him back to New York City and to writing articles and books in quirky rented offices, one of which had a fire pole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with humor and with gratitude for a lifetime of change and self-discovery, relishing a rich cast of characters that ranges from Yale's president Kingman Brewster to the actor Peter Sellers and the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, \u003cem\u003eWriting Places\u003c\/em\u003e never loses its anchor in the craft of writing—how writing is taught, learned and finally brought to a high level of enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889352863973,"sku":"NP9780061729027","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061729027.jpg?v=1730231068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/writing-places-the-life-journey-of-a-writer-and-teacher-isbn-9780061729027","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}