Collected Prose
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But even so, Auster's craft outshined many of the topics I found uninteresting.
HarperCollins e-books On Sale: Donald Allen was a longtime friend, editor, and publisher of Charles Olson. If you are a layabout of any sort, read Hand To Mouth. Truitt marked it as to-read Jan 27, Cuba on the Verge by Leila Guerriero. His father worked for fifty years at a glass factory, and his mother left school at fourteen to work in a laundry; neither attended school beyond the eighth grade. University of California Pr Bolero Ozon.
My favorite in thi Auster is undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of our time. I'm marking this down slightly as it contains two books I'd already read separately in their own volumes: The Invention of Solitude and Hand to Mouth.
That wasn't at all clear to me from the publisher description and I might have thought twice before buying it if I'd realised. That said, if I hadn't already read and enjoyed those separately it would be a solid four stars because those are good reads no pun intended.
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It also contains The Red Notebook - which, again, has been published separate I'm marking this down slightly as it contains two books I'd already read separately in their own volumes: It also contains The Red Notebook - which, again, has been published separately in its own right - and that apart from the books mentioned above is arguably the best part of it. The rest is honestly a little nugatory - prefaces, without the books that ought to follow them are not especially useful. One of the longer pieces, on French poetry, I found hard to get into as regrettably I'm not especially interested in poetry, French or otherwise thought it did contain some sentiments on the commonality of French and English as languages which I found interesting as a Francophile and Francophone.
If you don't already own the books collected here I would recommend it unhesitatingly; if not then it really is only for the dedicated Auster completist. Jan 10, Rick rated it really liked it Shelves: Auster has been a published writer since the 70s, known more for his fiction than his non-fiction, translations, and poetry—though he was a translator and poet first. This comprehensive collection brings together a diversity of prose across thirty years of work—longish memoir pieces, book prefaces, editorials, reviews, and observational pieces.
Auster is smart and persu Auster has been a published writer since the 70s, known more for his fiction than his non-fiction, translations, and poetry—though he was a translator and poet first. Auster is smart and persuasive and has that rare ability to make intellectual curiosity seem like any other kind of curiosity, exciting and open to all, not snobby or exclusive.
He is humble and thoughtful and a very good writer. Aug 07, Lindsay rated it it was ok. Feb 08, Ryan rated it it was amazing. Paul Auster is just a fantastic writer and I highly recommmend this book.
The prose writings of Charles Olson (–) have had a far-reaching and continuing impact on post-World War II American poetics. A valuable companion to editions of Olson's poetry, the book backgrounds the poetics, preoccupations, and fascinations that underpin his great. Collected Prose and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Collected Prose Paperback – December 19, The prose writings of Charles Olson (–) have had a far-reaching and continuing impact on post-World War II American poetics.
I am not normally a fan of "collections," but there are several great pieces in here that are worth checking out, especially the essay about his father. Because he writes in so many genres - fiction, personal nonfiction, literary critique - this is a good book to start with if you want to explore more of his writing but don't know where to start. This is the only place where most of these critical writings, essays, prefaces, and interviews are collected, so this volume is well worth buying.
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- Collected Prose (Poets on Poetry);
- Collected Prose by James Wright.
It's economical, too, as it contains within it four independently published books in addition to all the other stuff. Jul 15, Vaughan rated it really liked it.
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One of those dudes I'd been meaning to check out for years and I'm glad I finally did as this is an on-going favorite haven't finished it. I love how effortless his writing is and I can't wait to read all of his other stuff. There's little better than finding an author you like who's got a hefty back catalogue just waiting for you; I'm getting ready to dive-in. Jun 29, L rated it it was ok. Man Paul Auster is mostly awfully good at writing, so it is sort of reassuring that when it comes to talking about himself and his life it turns out he has the same problem as most of us and can't tell what is interesting and what is like 30 pages of every concidence or lucky occurrence he has experienced or heard about.
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I read this about four years ago, and the Invention of Solitude impressed me very much, more so than the new york trilogy. Just as thoughtful, but more sincere. I can hardly remember anything else from the collection, hence only 3 stars.
Dec 10, Brett rated it liked it. He must've owed some publisher a book and slapped together whatever was laying around.
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I've never seen a collection sans this one that has a collection of prefaces? Jun 21, Mundivagant added it. Jan 02, Jenna added it.
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Auster's essay about his father is very powerful; at this point, I think I prefer his nonfiction but want to read more. If you are a layabout of any sort, read Hand To Mouth. Sep 23, rachel rated it it was amazing. Jim Gietzen rated it really liked it Feb 28, Kevin Riel rated it really liked it Jan 22, Peter Oresick rated it liked it Mar 14, Jeff rated it liked it Oct 29, Stephen Ulbrich rated it it was amazing Aug 31, Herbert marked it as to-read Mar 29, Laure-anne added it Jul 29, Chris added it Nov 20, Rzicznek marked it as to-read Apr 06, Hummer added it May 24, Michelle marked it as to-read Jan 17, Robert added it Jan 30, David Foreman added it Jul 29, Wenwu Zhang marked it as to-read Dec 27, Matt Proctor marked it as to-read Jun 02, Jerrod marked it as to-read Aug 03, Rose Nielsen marked it as to-read Dec 22, Truitt marked it as to-read Jan 27, William Wright added it Apr 20, John Taylor marked it as to-read Jul 06, Brian marked it as to-read Jul 10, Michael marked it as to-read Aug 18, Maudy Benz added it Sep 20, Maggie added it Feb 11, H Lamar marked it as to-read Jul 14, Josh Miles marked it as to-read Apr 01, Cosmos marked it as to-read Apr 16, Gavin Durham marked it as to-read Oct 04, Steve Walker marked it as to-read Dec 10, Ambrose Miles marked it as to-read Dec 11, Steven Chang marked it as to-read Feb 19, Keely marked it as to-read Mar 07, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. His father worked for fifty years at a glass factory, and his mother left school at fourteen to work in a laundry; neither attended school beyond the eighth grade. While in high school in Wrig Librarian Note: While in high school in Wright suffered a nervous breakdown and missed a year of school.