Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

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15 August 2014

Language: reference & general; Writing & editing guides; linguistics

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Anne Lamott's quintessential guide to the craft, and philosophy, of writing

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is ""a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps"" (Los Angeles Times).

""Superb writing advice.... Hilarious, helpful, and provocative."" -The New York Times Book Review

For a quarter century, more than a million readers-scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities-have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne's father-also a writer-in the iconic passage that gives the book its title-

""Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'""

By: Anne Lamott
Imprint: Anchor
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Anchor Books ed
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 261g
ISBN: 9780385480017
ISBN 10: 0385480016
Pages: 239
Publication Date: 15 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Superb writing advice... hilarious, helpful andprovocative. -- New York Times BookReview. A warm, generous andhilarious guide through the writer's world and itstreacherous swamps. -- Los AngelesTimes. A gift to all ofus mortals who write or ever wanted to write...sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise and alternatelycranky and kind -- a reveille to get off our duffsand start writing now, while westill can. -- SeattleTimes.