{"product_id":"because-you-have-to-joan-frank-9780268028930","title":"Because You Have To: A Writing Life","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268028931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268028930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Silver Medal Winner","brand":"Joan Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992908857599,"sku":"9780268028930","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b074381-5dd9-4a74-8067-f6be48299fdd.jpg?v=1683321477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/because-you-have-to-joan-frank-9780268028930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}