{"product_id":"door-to-the-river-aram-saroyan-9781567923964","title":"Door to the River: Essays and Reviews from the 1960s Into the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I grew up the son of a famous writer, grew up in his shadow in a general sense, except for two fortuitous graces . . . the first, that astrologically speaking I had many planets in Leo and so I was absurdly full of confidence, when I wasn't struck numb with my own incapacities. And the other, and perhaps the decisive factor, was that I had the honor of being a member of the generation that came of age in the sixties.\"\u003cbr\u003e So begins Aram Saroyan's essay, \"Occupation: Writer,\" about his vocation, the sixties generation, and the fundamental task of coming to understand himself not as the son of William Saroyan but as his own person. Saroyan found his calling as a writer early on, starting out as a poet, and going on to write op-ed pieces, reviews, novels, biographies, memoirs, screenplays, and plays. In this essay and others included here, he explores the difficult task of finding one's way as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aram Saroyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567923968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567923964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Sparrow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/18\/2010 pg. 37","brand":"Aram Saroyan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939679371519,"sku":"9781567923964","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ae375e0-ac08-45d4-b4fe-9329d7143ae8.jpg?v=1681442881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/door-to-the-river-aram-saroyan-9781567923964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}