{"product_id":"because-you-have-to-a-writing-life-paperback","title":"Because You Have To: A Writing Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part handbook, part survey of the contemporary literary scene, Joan Frank's \u003ci\u003eBecause You Have To: A Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that, taken together, provide a walking tour of the writing life. Frank's aim is to form a coherent vision, one that may provide some communion about realities of the writer's vocation that have struck her as rarely revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Frank offers what she has learned as a writer not only to other writers, but to those to whom good writing matters. Her insights about \"thinking on paper\" are never dogmatic or pontifical; rather, they are cordial and intellectually welcoming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal, witty, and practical, Frank ably steers us through the journey of her own life as a writer, as well as through the careers and work of other writers. Her subjects range widely, from the \"boot camp\" conditioning of marketing work to squaring off with rejection and envy; from sustaining belief in art's necessity to the baffling subjectivity of literary perception and the magical books that nourish writers. Frank's personal journey is wonderfully told, so that what in these essays is particular becomes useful and universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Frank is the author of two story collections--\u003ci\u003eIn Envy Country \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), winner of the Richard Sullivan Prize and the \u003ci\u003eForeWord Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award, and \u003ci\u003eBoys Keep Being Born\u003c\/i\u003e--and three novels: \u003ci\u003eMake It Stay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Far Away\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiss Kansas City\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Michigan Literary Fiction Award. She lives in northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467870159101,"sku":"9780268028930","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TVhqWjdneTdzclVEU3RKMEljcWJOUT09.webp?v=1777281253","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/because-you-have-to-a-writing-life-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}