rent-now

Rent More, Save More! Use code: ECRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

9780807062357

Breaking into Print

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780807062357

  • ISBN10:

    0807062359

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-04-21
  • Publisher: Beacon Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
List Price: $17.07 Save up to $4.91
  • Rent Book $12.16
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    USUALLY SHIPS IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

How To: Textbook Rental

Looking to rent a book? Rent Breaking into Print [ISBN: 9780807062357] for the semester, quarter, and short term or search our site for other textbooks by Henry, DeWitt. Renting a textbook can save you up to 90% from the cost of buying.

Summary

BREAKING INTO PRINT, a collection of famous author's first or very early fiction as it appeared in the prizewinning journal PLOUGHSHARES, presents a broad range of writing styles and some surprising narrative leaps. For example, a young man writes from the perspective of an elderly women, and a Caucasian woman writes from the point of view of a black man. BREAKING INTO PRINT includes some of the most lauded fiction writers today, such as Tim O'Brien, Howard Norman, Sue Miller, Gina Berriault, David Gates, Carolyn Chute, Carolyn Ferrell, and Mona Simpson. Headnotes to each story discuss how the authors received their first break, and then shaped a successful writing career. DeWitt Henry interleafs "Shoptalk" from PLOUGHSHARES throughout the book including reflections on the writing life from James Carroll, Richard Yates, Tobias Wolff, and Rosellen Brown. The book also contains two annotated appendices, rich with lists of web sites and links for new writers in addtion to MFA programs and writers' conferences, books about careers in writing, and an extensive slate of literary magazines and prize anthologies.

Author Biography

DeWitt Henry is an essayist and fiction writer. The founding editor of Ploughshares literary magazine, he teaches writing at Emerson College in Boston.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Kept Promises ix
Going After Cacciato
1(28)
Tim O'Brien
Gemcrack
29(14)
Jayne Anne Phillips
Expensive Gifts
43(11)
Sue Miller
``Ollie, Oh...''
54(20)
Carolyn Chute
A Dark Night
74(15)
Edward P. Jones
After Rosa Parks
89(26)
Janet Desaulniers
Approximations
115(16)
Mona Simpson
Unicycle
131(14)
Howard Norman
Little White Sister
145(19)
Melanie Rae Thon
Displacement
164(20)
David Wong Louie
Back
184(8)
Susan Straight
Mary in the Mountains
192(17)
Christopher Tilghman
A Wronged Husband
209(18)
David Gates
Proper Library
227(21)
Carolyn Ferrell
The Infinite Passion of Expectation
248(35)
Gina Berriault
Resources for Writers on Contemporary Writing Careers and the Writing Life
261(11)
The Adventure: Recommended Literary Magazines for Short Fiction
272(11)
Credits 283(2)
Acknowledgments 285

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program