Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
By: Jenny Boully
4.00
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Jenny Boully’s essays are ripe with romance and sensual pleasures, drawing connections between the …
Want to Read $ 11.87"Can you give to someone else what has been? That's the task of the poet."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
"Can you give to someone else what has been? That's the task of the poet."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
"In order to be a better writer and better reader, I need to believe in my own death and in the death of others."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
"In order to be a better writer and better reader, I need to believe in my own death and in the death of others."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
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21. Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
By: Jenny Boully
4.00
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Jenny Boully’s essays are ripe with romance and sensual pleasures, drawing connections between the … read more
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- literary fiction
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
"Can you give to someone else what has been? That's the task of the poet."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
"In order to be a better writer and better reader, I need to believe in my own death and in the death of others."-Jenny Boully, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life
