Quick Overview: The acclaimed American writer shares some of his approaches to writing and sums up his experiences in teaching young poets. Recorded on September 16th, 2014 at the New York Public Library For more events by LIVE from the NYPL visit: ... 'If I know too much about what I want to do in a piece of writing, it will be a failure in an uninteresting way.'

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The acclaimed American writer shares some of his approaches to writing and sums up his experiences in teaching young poets. Recorded on September 16th, 2014 at the New York Public Library For more events by LIVE from the NYPL visit: ... 'If I know too much about what I want to do in a piece of writing, it will be a failure in an uninteresting way.' To celebrate the release of Transcription, An interview with poet and award-winning novelist What happens to an image or a phrase when it is reencountered, recontextualized, recombined — when a particular frame of ...

We talk to award-winning poet, novelist and academic Folio Prize Fiction Festival, Manuscripts Reading Room, British Library Sunday 22 March 2015.

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