{"product_id":"my-trade-is-mystery-seven-meditations-from-a-life-in-writing-9780300274141","title":"My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eCarl Phillips' book \"Writing Life\" is a collection of essays that provide insights and lessons learned about the writing life, offering guidance and support to aspiring writers. Drawing on his experience as a poet and teacher, Phillips offers practical advice and encourages writers to embrace mystery and speculation. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10 October 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Illuminating, deeply endearing essays.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Ron Charles, Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Diego Báez, Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an \"apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilkes's Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips' book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 124g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 149 x 204 x 16 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780300274141\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carl Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44943751479546,"sku":"9780300274141","price":9.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1703868161214_book.jpg?v=1703923842","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/my-trade-is-mystery-seven-meditations-from-a-life-in-writing-9780300274141","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}