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Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
An Introduction: Emblems of Talent	1
Part I SEVEN ESSAYS
Teaching/Writing	63
Thickening the Plot	69
Characters	77
On Pure Storytelling	85
Of Doubts and Dreams	95
After Almost No Time at All the String on Which He Had Been Pulling and Pulling Came Apart into Two Separate Pieces So Quickly He Hardly Realized It Had Snapped, or: Reflections on “The Beach Fire”	107
Some Notes for the Intermediate and Advanced Creative Writing Student	117
Part II FOUR LETTERS
Letter to P—	151
Letter to Q—	161
Letter to R—	181
Letter to S—	201
Part III FIVE INTERVIEWS
A Para•doxa Interview: Experimental Writing/Texts & Questions	209
An American Literary History Interview: The Situation of American Writing Today	271
A Poetry Project Newsletter Interview: A Silent Interview	299
A Black Clock Interview	311
A Para•doxa Interview: Inside and Outside the Canon	337
Appendix: Nits, Nips, Tucks, and Tips
Name, Date, Place	375
Read Widely	377
Grammar and Parts of Speech	377
Sentences	382
Punctuating Dialogue	385
A Final Note on Dialogue	397
Apostrophes	399
Dramatic Structure	400
Excitement, Drama, Suspense, Surprise, Violence	408
Point of View	411
First Person	412
Trust Your Image	415
Write What You Know	417