First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors Book

First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors, Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded twenty-two authors to share their childhood writings and their treasured photographs. What he's collected is a fascinating revelation of young creative minds at work, wrestling with early versions of ideas that were t, First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

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First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
Written by author Paul Mandelbaum
Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, April 2000
Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded twenty-two authors to share their childhood writings and their treasured photographs. What he's collected is a fascinating revelation of young creative minds at work, wrestling with early versions of ideas that were t
Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, detective in John Updike's hard-boiled my

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Introduction
Isaac Asimov 2
Margaret Atwood 8
Louis Auchincloss 24
Amiri Baraka 30
Madison Smartt Bell 34
Roy Blount, Jr. 40
Vance Bourjaily 52
Paul Bowles 74
William S. Burroughs 90
Fred Chappell 96
Carolyn Chute 112
Judith Ortiz Cofer 118
Pat Conroy 136
Michael Crichton 142
Stephen Dixon 162
Rita Dove 178
Clyde Edgerton 188
Stanley Elkin 198
George Garrett 204
Ellen Gilchrist 214
Gail Godwin 220
Allan Gurganus 246
Mark Helprin 256
John Hersey 266
Charles Johnson 274
Stephen King 284
Maxine Hong Kingston 290
W.P. Kinsella 302
Ursula K. Le Guin 314
Madeleine L'Engle 318
Jill McCorkle 330
Norman Mailer 338
Bobbie Ann Mason 344
Susan Minot 354
Gloria Naylor 362
Joyce Carl Oates 366
Tillie Olsen 380
William Styron 406
Amy Tan 416
John Updike 420
Gore Vidal 472
Tobias Wolff 482
Appendix: Sources, Permissions, and Photo Credits 487

Title: First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

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New Holland Publishers

Item Number: 9781565122727

Publication Date: April 2000

Product Description: Full Name: First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors; Short Name:First Words

Universal Product Code (UPC): 9781565122727

WonderClub Stock Keeping Unit (WSKU): 9781565122727

Rating: 3/5 based on 2 Reviews

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Category: Media >> Books

Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 5.480 cm (2.16 inches)

Heigh : 8.420 cm (3.31 inches)

Depth: 0.750 cm (0.30 inches)

Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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Very interesting comments from the editor showing the threads of early thoughts in later writing.

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	Introduction
	Isaac Asimov	2
	Margaret Atwood	8
	Louis Auchincloss	24
	Amiri Baraka	30
	Madison Smartt Bell	34
	Roy Blount, Jr.	40
	Vance Bourjaily	52
	Paul Bowles	74
	William S. Burroughs	90
	Fred Chappell	96
	Carolyn Chute	112
	Judith Ortiz Cofer	118
	Pat Conroy	136
	Michael Crichton	142
	Stephen Dixon	162
	Rita Dove	178
	Clyde Edgerton	188
	Stanley Elkin	198
	George Garrett	204
	Ellen Gilchrist	214
	Gail Godwin	220
	Allan Gurganus	246
	Mark Helprin	256
	John Hersey	266
	Charles Johnson	274
	Stephen King	284
	Maxine Hong Kingston	290
	W.P. Kinsella	302
	Ursula K. Le Guin	314
	Madeleine L'Engle	318
	Jill McCorkle	330
	Norman Mailer	338
	Bobbie Ann Mason	344
	Susan Minot	354
	Gloria Naylor	362
	Joyce Carl Oates	366
	Tillie Olsen	380
	William Styron	406
	Amy Tan	416
	John Updike	420
	Gore Vidal	472
	Tobias Wolff	482
	Appendix: Sources, Permissions, and Photo Credits	487