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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy

Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals

by Dinty W. Moore
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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy,
I have a hot crush on the em dash. What does my need to stuff—while simultaneously fracturing—my sentences—with the meandering, the explanatory, the discursive, the perhaps not-entirely-necessary—say about me?  
—Cheryl Strayed
Have you ever wished there were an advice columnist for writers, but one who didn’t take things so damned seriously? This unique writing guide pairs questions sent in by top contemporary essayists with hilariously witty answers and essays from acclaimed author Dinty W. Moore. Phillip Lopate asks for advice on writing about your ex without sounding like an ass, Julianna Baggott worries that to be a great writer you must drink like a fish, and Roxane Gay asks whether it’s kosher to write about writing.
Taking advantage of all the tools available to today’s personal essayist—egregious puns, embarrassing anecdotes, and cocktail napkins—Professor Moore answers these questions, and more, demystifying the world of nonfiction once and for all. With a tip of the hat to history’s most infamous essay—Montaigne’s “Of Cannibals”—this book provides rollicking relief for writers in distress.

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    August 25, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781607748106
      • File size: 49647 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781607748106
      • File size: 49647 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from May 15, 2015

      Moore (English, Ohio Univ.), winner of the National Book Prize for Between Panic and Desire, presents a guide to writing essays that is both brilliantly instructive and wonderfully entertaining. The book is structured as an advice column that answers questions from famous contemporary essayists. Each answer is followed by a piece that illustrates the points made. While the questions are clever, they cover familiar writing issues: punctuation and grammar, tone, logic, ethics, choosing topics, etc. Moore mentions that Michel de Montaigne, who is often considered the father of the essay, serves as his inspiration when composing the sample essays, which reference everything from cocktail napkins to Google Maps, in order to demonstrate, explain, or clarify issues. The learning process is enhanced by every piece being engaging and hilarious. While plenty of other helpful works on penning essays are available by this same author, such as Crafting the Personal Essay, this gem stands alone. VERDICT Highly recommended for writers and anyone who loves to laugh out loud while they read.--Kimberley Robles-Smith, California State Univ. Lib., Fresno

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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