{"product_id":"how-to-start-writing-and-wislawa-szymborska-9780811229715","title":"How to Start Writing (and When to Stop): Advice for Writers","description":"In this witty \"how-to\" guide, Wislawa Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: \"I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories,\" she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave--anonymously--for many years in the well-known Polish journal \u003cem\u003eLiterary Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. \"I sigh to be a poet,\" Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. \"I groan to be an editor,\" Szymborska responds.\u003cbr\u003e Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's \"prosaic side\" \"Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?\" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003ePerhaps you could learn to love in prose\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wislawa Szymborska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811229718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811229715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2021","brand":"Wislawa Szymborska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053189755135,"sku":"9780811229715","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f41c4b92-98b9-4f29-906a-0b8462a28539.jpg?v=1685022931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-start-writing-and-wislawa-szymborska-9780811229715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}