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One Page at a Time
Pat, Carr; Carr, Pat M
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"Presented in single-page episodes, this memoir highlights formative moments of author Pat Carr's life, ranging from childhood to adulthood, that touch on her role as a writer. Reveals struggles with her mother, her husband, racial and gender discrimination, and--above all--her place within the world of professional writers"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Pat Carr may be the only person in the United States who spent her childhood next door to a Japanese relocation camp in Wyoming in the 1940s, grew up to pass for black in 1950s Texas, started teaching college in the Jim Crow South of the 1960s, and crossed paths with scores of other authors over half a century's journey as a professional writer. But universal truth is found in every writer's singular experience, and Carr's memoir illuminates the path for others who have chosen the writing life. "Everything we do, everywhere we've been, influences us," Carr believes. Pacing her revealing ... Read more
Pat Carr may be the only person in the United States who spent her childhood next door to a Japanese relocation camp in Wyoming in the 1940s, grew up to pass for black in 1950s Texas, started teaching college in the Jim Crow South of the 1960s, and crossed paths with scores of other authors over half a century's journey as a professional writer. But universal truth is found in every writer's singular experience, and Carr's memoir illuminates the path for others who have chosen the writing life. "Everything we do, everywhere we've been, influences us," Carr believes. Pacing her revealing ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896727168
SKU
V9780896727168
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About Pat, Carr; Carr, Pat M
Pat Carr has taught creative writing and literature in universities across the South. She is the author of fifteen books, including The Women in the Mirror, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, and more than a hundred short stories in the Southern Review, Yale Review, Best American Short Stories, and other publications. She lives in northwest Arkansas.
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